by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Philosophy : Philosophy
Write a paper (about 1,500 wc, double-spaced). Select just one of the following two paper topic options.
Plato’s Republic: Create an original thesis on some topic, issue, theme, or problem that you find worthy of research. Be clear about the topic and your thesis at the start of the paper. Stay grounded in the text. Be precise about Plato’s claims and commitments. Be precise about your argument in support of your thesis. Respond to the strongest objections to your thesis.
Plato distinguishes three parts of the soul in Bk. IV and three parts of appetite in Bk. VIII. What is the principle of opposition? How does the principle of opposition function to distinguish three parts of the soul? Why three parts, not fewer or more? Do you think that there should be more than three parts or fewer than three parts? What are the characteristics of each of the three parts of the soul? Do you agree that the spirited part is a third part? What is the difference between his arguments to distinguish the three parts of the soul from his arguments to distinguish the three parts of appetite? Do you agree that there are three parts of the soul and three parts of appetite? Why or why not.
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Philosophy : Philosophy
There are other topics to choose from :
1. The Political and Spiritual Dimensions of History: How Does Hegel Bring Them Together?
2. Freedom, Mental Transformation and Moral Perfection in Hegel’s Conception of History.
The work is to be based on the Book “The Philosophy of History” by G.W.F. Hegel
Proper references to the Book (with indication of the pages quoted) are essential.
PLAGIARISM is totally unacceptable.
Essay length to be between 1200-1500 words
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Philosophy : Philosophy
Analyze how four movies handle topics of death, dying and bereavement. Inform me by February 10th if you have selected this project. Your analysis should examine themes pertinent to this course that you find expressed in each movie. It is not necessary that the same theme(s) be expressed in each movie although such similarity could give your project clear focus. You need to explain the themes by examining what literature (the course materials and at least two other written sources) has to say about the themes, and you need to examine and assess how well (if at all) the movies present these themes.
The format of the analysis should be:
1. A brief synopsis of the movies (3-4 pages)
2. Critical analysis of thanatology themes the films express and how the films express those themes (5-7 pages)
3. Assessment of the value of these movies as vehicles to present ideas important to thanatology (1-2 pages). Give reasons to support your assessment.
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Philosophy : Philosophy
I need min 5 sources plus the sources I provide.
Please write a paper on the Perspective of Virtue ethics on Capitalism, specifically a Thomanistic (Aquinas) perspective in the Christian Context. As well, Please include the USCCB Catholic Social Teachings.
Please use:
“The Capitalism and Morality Debate” Paul Johnson, In Capitalism and Christian Values, Chapter 13.
AND
“Catholic Social Teachings: A Communitarian DFemocratic Capitalism for the New Wolrd Order” Oliver F. Williams
I will attach these sources, as well as the class notes
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Philosophy : Philosophy
Write an argumentative essay in response to the following question:
How does a university education change when it moves from being primarily taught in a classroom to being primarily delivered online ? In light of these changes, is an online education one worth pursuing? Is it responsible for publicly funded universities to promote such programs?
Here are some things you might consider in answering the question. The following questions are not themselves essay questions, they are simply here to get you thinking about what you might want to consider in answering the essay prompt above:
What is the difference between form and content when it comes to education?
With Dreyfus, If I ask you to read all the same books and watch all the same videos in an online class that I would in a face to face class, is there then no difference between classes?
With Adorno, what ideological commitments are being implicitly communicated in thinking about education as a form of content delivery?
With McLuhan, what messages do platforms like blackboard implicitly communicate to students and teachers about the nature of education?
With hooks – are there implicitly racist or sexist norms built into online learning environments? What are they?
Your paper should include
A clear thesis formulated in response to the essay question.
A clear argumentative structure (i.e. each paragraph ought to work as a premise to support your thesis)
Use of examples to support your thesis.
Consideration of counterexamples.
Consideration of evidence from relevant sources (i.e. texts we have studied in this course or relevant sources you’ve found outside the course).
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | Philosophy : Philosophy
Please write a 2-3 paragraph thesis statement in response to any reading that has been assigned to date. You are to take a stance either for or against an idea from the reading under discussion, or you may choose ONE question from below and write your thesis on that topic. Your statement should consist of two parts. First, you are to begin by describing the point you are arguing against from the author’s point of view. This will generally consist of defining the concepts used in the text. Secondly, you will then assert your thesis for or against the author’s point of view and show how you intend to defend your thesis. You will not actually write a paper and so you do not have to embark on the actual defense of your argument. Simply state your thesis and show how you would defend the argument if you were to write a full paper.
Epictetus Question:
1.. Epictetus explains that death is part of change and that we should mourn but not for very long since the death of someone is something we cannot change and we should not focus on the things that are out of our control. How does Epictetus support this idea and what is your evaluation of his defense of this idea?
