Philosophy

Across Canada, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, as people don’t make the lifestyle changes that would use fewer (or no) fossil fuels. The national coalition government has decided to tackle this issue head-on by placing a $500 a tonne tax on carbon, by removing all direct and indirect subsidies on fossil fuels, and by … Read more

Across Canada, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, as people don’t make the lifestyle changes that would use fewer (or no) fossil fuels. The national coalition government has decided to tackle this issue head-on by placing a $500 a tonne tax on carbon, by removing all direct and indirect subsidies on fossil fuels, and by … Read more

Develop, in detail, a situation in which a health care worker might be confronted with ethical problems related to patients and prescription drug use OR patients in a state of poverty. Your scenario must be original to you and this assignment. It cannot be from the discussion boards in this class or any other previous … Read more

Think of a social norm that you have seen violated in a film, television show, literary novel, or other form of media. It should be a situation where everyone knows what the appropriate behavior would be without having to think about it, with the exception of the character who is violating the norm. You may … Read more

Please submit a short 250-300 word “Written Assignment.” Use these questions as prompts with an introductory opinion or thesis that explains to your readers why people can or cannot always practice some certain type of ethics and why.  Here are some questions you might answer to write about this topic: Are there ethical actions that are … Read more

Option 1: The first option is to name and describe in detail a key specific and recent healthcare technology. What are at least two key moral problems this technology creates? What are the proper moral guidelines for dealing with it in your view? Compare your approach to what a utilitarian and ethical egoist would say (each … Read more

Write a Backgrounder Paper for the Case Study provided in the attached files.  The backgrounder paper is supposed to provide some solid, well-researched (and annotated!) sources as a foundation for your discussion about the case. It is NOT supposed to offer opinions, direction, resolutions, conclusions, or otherwise attempt to sway the group in a particular … Read more

Write a Backgrounder Paper for a case (provided in the attached file) relating to issues in Social Ethics.  What is a backgrounder paper? A good group case study is supported by appropriate evidence, based upon research into the context of the ethical problem that is presented. While everyone in the group will be responsible for … Read more

Review the following ethical dilemmas: John Doe has decided to clone himself. He is sterile. He cannot find anyone to marry him. He wishes to have children. He knows that he will not be able to love a child that is adopted or not connected directly to him biologically. He will be making use of … Read more

Paper revision  Link to paper https://www.mediafire.com/file/qb1m5nck2a60i3p/Future+like+ours.docx/file feedback from professor:  I looked at your paper. I have some thoughts on how to improve clarity, precision, and argument.  1. Let’s be even more clear and precise about what Marquis means by a “future like ours”. He means that humans have certain activities, goals, plans, etc that are … Read more