Category: Philosophy

Prompt: 
Pick a function that criminal punishment might serve, and argue for or against its justificatory importance.
Once you settle on a function (F) to discuss, your thesis might take one of the following forms:
F should play no role in justifying punishment.
F should play a role in justifying punishment.- 
F is the most important function in justifying punishment .
You will need to put forward at least three arguments not mentioned in any reading in this course.- YOU DONT NEED OUTSIDE SOURCES FOR THIS JUST YOUR PERSONAL ARGUMENTS 
You will need to cite at least three authors from our final unit.
Your essay, with standard font size and margins, may not exceed seven pages (excluding a title page and a bibliography page).
You may not use direct quotes, but you must cite where necessary (he wants a caution on every line that is paraphrase).
DO NOT REPEAT IDEAS 

Ethics Essay Instructions
Before doing this assignment, it is necessary to read all the material and take in all the in-class lectures (for hybrid classes), as well as watching the assigned PowerPoint videos and other videos in the Ethics section.
If you are having problems deciding, you may find this purely optional, non-graded quiz guide helpful.         
Four ethical theories have been presented and discussed.  Choose the ethical theory (out of the four presented) that most closely matches your own ethical beliefs – it does not need to be an exact match.  Explain your chosen ethical theory and why it most closely matches your own ethical beliefs.   Next, consider a difficult decision that you have made in the past.  Explain the difficult decision, how your chosen ethical theory guided you in making the decision (if you chose Virtue Ethics, for example, indicate at least one virtue you were following, or, if you chose Deontology, what moral law or rule you were following, or, if you chose Utilitarianism, what consequences you took into account for some number of people beyond yourself, or, if you chose Egoism, what consequences you took into account for yourself), and what the ethical theory indicates is the right action in the context of your decision.  Are you happy with the decision that you made?  Give at least one reason why you are happy or unhappy with the decision you made.  Will you follow your chosen ethical theory in deciding future actions?  Explain your answer.
Your essay, at minimum, should be at least one page (12 size-font with regular margins and double-spaced) and will be turned into a dropbox on D2L.  The due date for this assignment is Friday, March 8 by 10 p.m.

THE QUESTIONS:
Important: Answer ONE of the following five questions.
To what extent does the morality of an artwork influence the work’s aesthetic value? Use examples to support your answer.
Towhatextentisdigitalartconstituteanewcategoryofart,whencontrastedwithmore traditional forms of art?
Doestheaimofapornographicworktoproducesexualarousalintheaudiencenecessarily undermine its artistic merit?
Is our modern understanding of the concept of ‘art’ purely a product of western culture?
Does modern music represent a decline in culture? Use examples to support your answer.
Note: This is a research project and, where appropriate, your answers should be backed up with references. You should also include a reference list.

Please answer the 9 questions in the attached document called (Final Exam Study Guide). When you answer them put notes for each question as well as a 500 word response to each. I have attached readings that may be necessary to answer the questions as well as a study guide from the same class from last years final…the questions are different but some of the information may help.

Content of your paper:
Imagine that you could ensure everyone on Earth learned about one of the topics in this class. What topic would you choose, and who would you want to learn about this topic?
Unfortunately, no one has the power to ensure everyone learns anything. But we all have the power to make arguments about what we think others should learn. That’s what you’ll be doing in this paper-trying to convince an authority figure why your topic should be learned by others beyond this class. 
This will be an argumentative paper, where:
The argument is appropriately targeted: Your audience is the authority figure in charge of the people you’d want to learn about this topic. Feel free to be creative here-if you want everyone on Earth to learn about your topic, write to the President of Planet Earth. If you want all kids in elementary school to learn about this topic, write to the Board of Global Elementary Education, etc.
The topic is accurately/clearly described and outlined in your own words: You have identified a topic clearly, described the relevant philosophical questions connected to the topic, cited the particular authors that you would want to be taught, and analyzed how they differ in answering the relevant philosophical questions.
The impact that learning this topic would have on our world is convincingly described: While you are certainly welcome to argue that everyone on Earth should learn about your topic, you are also welcome to focus on one part of the population that you think should learn about this topic (e.g., “future scientists,” “everyone on Earth,” “kids in elementary school,” “future psychologists”–whoever!). Once you’ve identified the population that you want to focus on, you should then convincingly describe why this population should learn about your topic. In other words, how would this impact our world for the better? Would it improve scientific practice? Would it positively affect the people who learn about your topic?
You convey to your audience what you think the value of philosophy of science is: In this section, you may refer to any of the Learning Materials or any other sources you’d like, but there should be original argumentation offered here. 
You propose one recommendation related to educating others about your topic (and perhaps bridging a gap between philosophy and science): You may refer to the recommendations listed in the Laplane et al. article, but your recommendation should an be original one. Then, defend that recommendation. Do you think it will ensure the positive impacts you described above if it is implemented? Does it fall short of having those impacts?
Editing and revising your paper: 
Your paper must be written in Standard English, in a professional tone. The paper should be free from spelling and grammatical errors, and points may be deducted for a significant number of these errors. 
I am not looking for a summary of the texts we’ve explored or a summary of literature beyond what you have engaged with in this class. However, in your paper, you should be critically engaging with multiple learning materials from our class. 
I expect in-text citations throughout the paper and a bibliography at the end. Remember that citations aren’t just for direct quotes. If you’ve just articulated someone’s position, explained an example they use, etc., you should include a citation. I don’t care which format style you use (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.), just pick one and be consistent.
Formatting:
Font size: 10-12
Font: Something legible
Spacing: Double-spaced
Citations: In-text citations & bibliography
Length: 600 words 
Plagiarism Policy: This paper will be submitted to TurnItIn and remember that any work produced by ChatGPT should be included in the bibliography. If you have any questions about this policy, please email me/refer to the syllabus.

Free Will Essay Instructions
The Problem of Evil (suffering) is probably the strongest argument against the existence of God.  It seems that an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent (3o) being would prevent all suffering.  Since suffering does exist, it seems unlikely (or even impossible) that a 3o being (God) exists.  The Free Will Defense is probably the most popular response to the Problem of Evil, arguing that humans have free will and sometimes make morally incorrect decisions that cause suffering.  According to the Free Will Defense, it is better that God allow humans to have free will than to force them to choose correctly.  If the Free Will Defense is successful, however, the best it can do is explain how suffering caused by humans is not God’s fault.  In other words, the Free Will Defense at best can get God (assuming God exists) off the hook for suffering caused by humans.  The Free Will Defense, however, cannot get God off the hook for Natural Evil (suffering caused by non-human means such as hurricanes, tornadoes, diseases, etc.)  Or at least the Free Will Defense cannot get God off the hook for all instances of Natural Evil.  Humans seem to make instances of Natural Evil worse through climate change, inadequate responses to infectious diseases, etc.
For your essay, pick an action (or lack thereof) that a human (yourself or some other human) that apparently worsens instances of Natural Evil.  It could be an action that apparently exacerbates climate change or furthers the spread of an infectious disease, or apparently worsens Natural Evil in some other way.  Explain the action you have chosen and how it apparently makes instances of Natural Evil worse.  If the Free Will Defense is correct, the action you explained was freely chosen and God (if God exists) cannot be held responsible for the effects of the action and apparently gets God off the hook (at least to some extent) for instances of Natural Evil.  Do you agree with the conclusion of the Free Will Defense?  In other words, do you think the action you described helps get God off the hook for at least some instances of Natural Evil?  Give at least one reason supporting your position. 
Your essay, at minimum, should be at least half a page (12 size-font with regular margins and double-spaced) and will be turned into a dropbox on D2L.  The due date for this assignment is Wednesday, April 17 by 10 p.m.

I have provided the assignment below.
PLEASE CITE THROUGHOUT THE PAPER
I HAVE PROVIDED THE READING THAT YOU NEED TO USE 100 WORDS FROM (read the assingment below to understand).
if you look at any website, journal, article and use the ideas from there please cite it.

Compare Descartes and Hume on what can be known and how it can be known. In area after area, Hume is busy trying to convince us of the limitations of reason. Discuss how he goes about this with regard to causality, God, and morality.

Midterm Phil5 is the essay to rewrite. I need this to be reworded to be more like a philosophy paper following the philosophy essay structure below. Please look at the prezi attached as well for a reference to the structure. 
1. Immediately after Socrates’ leaky jar analogy, Socrates and Callicles disagree
over what makes a person’s life good. Present at least two of Socrates’ arguments
against Callicles’ position, being sure to carefully formulate them and situate your
reconstruction with reference to the text. Give reasons why you think each argument
does or does not succeed. Pose and answer potential objections.
This is the prompt of the essay. 
I would like to have it be more clear and opinionated. Also please remove the second source on this essay and only cite plato Gorgias and the lecture slides attached below. 
https://prezi.com/z4h1_fwilbxj/a-sample-philosophy-paper/

Content of your paper:
Imagine that you could ensure everyone on Earth learned about one of the topics in this class. What topic would you choose, and who would you want to learn about this topic?
Unfortunately, no one has the power to ensure everyone learns anything. But we all have the power to make arguments about what we think others should learn. That’s what you’ll be doing in this paper-trying to convince an authority figure why your topic should be learned by others beyond this class. 
This will be an argumentative paper, where:
The argument is appropriately targeted: Your audience is the authority figure in charge of the people you’d want to learn about this topic. Feel free to be creative here-if you want everyone on Earth to learn about your topic, write to the President of Planet Earth. If you want all kids in elementary school to learn about this topic, write to the Board of Global Elementary Education, etc.
The topic is accurately/clearly described and outlined in your own words: You have identified a topic clearly, described the relevant philosophical questions connected to the topic, cited the particular authors that you would want to be taught, and analyzed how they differ in answering the relevant philosophical questions.
The impact that learning this topic would have on our world is convincingly described: While you are certainly welcome to argue that everyone on Earth should learn about your topic, you are also welcome to focus on one part of the population that you think should learn about this topic (e.g., “future scientists,” “everyone on Earth,” “kids in elementary school,” “future psychologists”–whoever!). Once you’ve identified the population that you want to focus on, you should then convincingly describe why this population should learn about your topic. In other words, how would this impact our world for the better? Would it improve scientific practice? Would it positively affect the people who learn about your topic?
You convey to your audience what you think the value of philosophy of science is: In this section, you may refer to any of the Learning Materials or any other sources you’d like, but there should be original argumentation offered here. 
You propose one recommendation related to educating others about your topic (and perhaps bridging a gap between philosophy and science): You may refer to the recommendations listed in the Laplane et al. article, but your recommendation should an be original one. Then, defend that recommendation. Do you think it will ensure the positive impacts you described above if it is implemented? Does it fall short of having those impacts?
Editing and revising your paper: 
Your paper must be written in Standard English, in a professional tone. The paper should be free from spelling and grammatical errors, and points may be deducted for a significant number of these errors. 
I am not looking for a summary of the texts we’ve explored or a summary of literature beyond what you have engaged with in this class. However, in your paper, you should be critically engaging with multiple learning materials from our class. 
I expect in-text citations throughout the paper and a bibliography at the end. Remember that citations aren’t just for direct quotes. If you’ve just articulated someone’s position, explained an example they use, etc., you should include a citation. I don’t care which format style you use (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.), just pick one and be consistent.
Formatting:
Font size: 10-12
Font: Something legible
Spacing: Double-spaced
Citations: In-text citations & bibliography
Length: 650-800 words (850 is the word limit)
Plagiarism Policy: This paper will be submitted to TurnItIn and remember that any work produced by ChatGPT should be included in the bibliography. If you have any questions about this policy, please email me/refer to the syllabus.