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Choose a contemporary ethical stance and support it with solid facts and ethical theory. First, choose an ethical stance that really grabs you! Substantiate your position intelligently and creatively. This project will primarily take the form of a creative presentation (powerpoint or other format). Submit a one-page paper in canvas […]

This is a two to three page essay. Essay Prompt – Last Bullet Point is the Question • Callicles’ objection against philosophy. • In Plato’s dialogue the Gorgias, the character Callicles raises the following objection to philosophy. • “For philosophy, you know, Socrates, is a charming thing, if a man […]

Instructions for Final Essay: Identify a particular job related to your program. Please describe a particular ethical issue, conflict, or dilemma that may arise for someone working in that field (for example, nursing students may find it useful to focus on abortion or euthanasia). Discuss how the issue, conflict, or […]

Use the definitions from the text as the base for your discussion. Are there any influences in our society today that have evolved from each of those two movements? Be specific by giving examples.

Students will present the view of the thinker(s) and then consider how the thinker would object. Next, students will then consider how the original thinker would reply to the objection. Finally, students will assess the state of the debate and consider their own view on the topic.

Address the following prompt: Consider Kierkegaard’s “Teleological Suspension of the Ethical.” Does such a suspension seem necessary in order to come into “true” relations with the Absolute? Is Kierkegaard wrong to think that the “religious sphere of existence requires such a leap of faith? Is Kierkegaard wrong to believe faith […]