First, consider Ion: After listening to a dramatic reading of Plato’s very short and early dialogue at this link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkgWbg-0OcMI (Links to an external site.) consider the following. Ion was the Brad Pitt or Will Smith of his time. Ion was well-known, well-dressed, well-liked, and wealthy. Ion was a celeb. Socrates was, well, just a … Read more
First, consider Ion: After listening to a dramatic reading of Plato’s very short and early dialogue at this link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkgWbg-0OcMI (Links to an external site.) consider the following. Ion was the Brad Pitt or Will Smith of his time. Ion was well-known, well-dressed, well-liked, and wealthy. Ion was a celeb. Socrates was, well, just a … Read more
Can Computers think and understand? Some have thought that if a computer can pass the Turing test, then it has thoughts and can understand language. What is the Turning test? And is passing the Turing test sufficient for showing that a computer can think? Explain and discuss the Mayan room argument, and discuss its relation … Read more
Articulate a moral dilemma wherein one has to show a specific virtue or virtues (it can be any virtue or virtues including honesty, courage, charity/generosity, compassion, etc.) What is the moral dilemma about?What virtue or virtues should be shown? (You are here selecting the best course of action)Why is that virtue or those virtues to … Read more
Albert Camus: life is ultimately meaningless and any attempt to find or give meaning to life must fail. Once we recognize this futility, we are freed from the anxiety or stress of searching for meaning. Despite the fact that human life has no meaning (nor even, perhaps, value), we should still live intensely moral lives … Read more
Friedrich Nietzsche offers a stark re-evaluation of existing philosophy and religion in his many mid-Nineteenth Century works. In particular, Nietzsche inveighs against Christianity and Kantian thought, suggesting that these systems and worship of science as an alternative to them will simply lead to nihilism. Offer and defend your own opinion on whether Nietzsche is correct … Read more
1. TITLE: Your paper should have a title page including the title of the paper, your name, the name of the course, the date, the school Your title must include the names of the three religions you are using for the purpose of comparing a theme in three religions. The three religions should include at … Read more
You are going to discuss one of the case studies in connection with a theorist (Aristotle, Kant, Mill, Rawls, or Nozick). Before embarking on this exercise, review the relevant discussions and previous case studies you’ve written. Explain how the theorist you chose would evaluate one of the following cases we analyzed: Welfare, Healthcare, Capital Punishment, … Read more
If you have not done so, be sure to read the Case Analysis Structure Overview. In this case analysis you have five tasks: Explain your understanding of the case. Give a thorough, philosophical exegesis of the relevant aspects of Kant, the ACLU and Van den Haags argumentsPresent an argument applying the relevant philosophers to the … Read more
According to the movie and then answer 5 questions. 1. tell the reader the summary of the content 2. give an account of the positive aspect of it- expressiveness, clarity of the message, staying on subject, usefulness and etc. 3. another account on the negative aspect but not on the cinematography 4. explain how helpful … Read more