Ethical Decisions Worksheet

Ethical decision-making in health care is important to all stakeholders, including patients and staff. This assignment will help you understand keywords and definitions used in health care ethics, as well as ethical theories, your ethical values, and methodologies used in making ethical decisions. by completing attached worksheet, you will discuss your experiences with ethics, including … Read more

Locke argument

Earlier this week saw that Locke’s indirect realism raised questions about whether there really are objects that exist independent of our minds. Berkeley adopted idealism, the view that there are no material objects. In Locke’s  Essay Concerning Human Understanding he gives several arguments for the existence of mind-independent objects. The following passage is one of … Read more

Writing Exercise: Theories of Personal Identity

Skills:o Understanding Memory, Soul, and Animalist theories of personal identity o Applying theories of personal identity to a novel case study (the Garrett case) o Developing writing skills Resources (found in Modules: Personal Identity, Overview). Refer to Stich and Donaldson book, Chapter 11. Do NOT use the internet as a source. Use the Stich and … Read more

Writing Exercise: Theories of Personal Identity

Objective: The purpose of this assignment is to assess your understanding of theories of personal identity and to develop the following skills. This assignment assumes you have a good mastery of structure, signposting, citation and bibliography. Skills:o Understanding Memory, Soul, and Animalist theories of personal identity o Applying theories of personal identity to a novel … Read more

Writing Exercise

Practice expressing your ideas clearly and concisely in writing.Practice critical thinking by evaluating theories and constructing your own argument.Demonstrate knowledge of key concepts and arguments in Epistemology including indirect realism, idealism, materialism, primary and secondary qualities.Critique your own argument.Resources (found in Modules: Personal Identity, Overview). Refer to Stich Chapter 6 For the Galileo case, refer … Read more

Perfectly United in Mind and Thought

In your Bible read I Corinthians 1:10.Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following discussion questions: How does the apostle Paul’s words about everyone being perfectly united in mind and thought relate to diversity in organizations? What is the first action you would take to address the lack of diversity within the organization … Read more

Philosophy – Topic Questions listed below

Questions (350words per question minimum): 1. What  is necessity in  the  philosophical  sense  and  why  is  it important  to  our understanding  of  concepts  like  knowledge,  truth, morality,  and  so  on?  How  is necessity related to the method of conceptual analysis? 2. What is  underdetermination  and  how  does  Descartes  use  this  in  his  argument against nave … Read more

Ethics Euthanasia

The practice of health care providers at all levels brings you into contact with people from a variety of faiths. This calls for knowledge and understanding of a diversity of faith expressions; for the purpose of this course, the focus will be on the Christian worldview. Based on “Case Study: End of Life Decisions,” the … Read more

philosophy

Come up with a way you wronged someone and made up for it according to the views of either Aristotle, Locke, or Boxill (say which one), but NOT according to either Radzik, Bovensor Hieronymi(say which one), and so the victim refuses to forgive you. Say why. What action can you take that overcomes this remaining … Read more

Industrial Revolution

Why is the Industrial Revolution in England significant for this class?  Why is it significant for all of World Economic History? List two examples and discuss. Read: https://economics.mit.edu/files/4466watch: Richard III https://www.amazon.com/Richard-III-Laurence-Olivier/dp/B004D2K9B6 (if you have amazon)orhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A4iPCBiWhM&t=41s