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Week 1 DQ 1 What is Philosophy? PHI 208 Week 1 DQ
2 Justifying Beliefs PHI 208 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics
and Relativism
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 1 DQ 1 What is
Philosophy? For more course tutorials
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views that are strongly influenced and informed
by philosophy, often without realizing it.
Identify a view you havewhether on politics,
religion, science, culture, or even the media and
entertainmentthat might be regarded as being
related to philosophy. What kind of reasons do
you have for holding that belief? What figure
from the history of philosophy section do you
think might have some views that are similar, or
at least relevant, to your own? Explain why you
chose that particular figure.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 1 DQ 2 Justifying
Beliefs For more course tutorials
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insist that our most strongly held beliefs should
be examined and critically evaluated. Using the
required text and outside sources, explain what
philosophers mean when they say that beliefs need
justification? What is the importance of
subjecting our beliefs to critical scrutiny? What
are the advantages of believing something without
examining it? What are the disadvantages?
Identify a specific belief you have that you
think is worth defending, and then explain your
reasons for holding that belief. Be sure to
include logical reasoning as well as factual
evidence in all your arguments.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 2 Assignment Famine,
Affluence, and Morality For more course tutorials
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Famine, Affluence, and MoralityPlease read the
article Famine, Affluence, and Morality, by
Peter Singer and complete the following
tasks Explain Singers goal in this article, and
then present his argument in relation to this
issue. Explain three counter-arguments to
Singers position that he addresses in his
article, and then indicate Singers responses to
those counter-arguments.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics and
Relativism For more course tutorials
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the challenge relativism presents to various
ethical and religious viewpoints. Consider a
specific moral question which might make it
difficult to accept the relativist's response.
State the moral issue involved, and provide an
explanation as to why you think a relativist
might have a problem giving a justified response
to it. In addition, use one of the positive
ethical theories from the text to interpret the
issue and how one should respond to this issue.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 2 DQ 2 Animal Rights For
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Do human beings have any obligations to animals
in terms of their treatment? If it is wrong to
treat animals cruelly, why is it not wrong to eat
them? Explain if, and how, you think humans can
find a balance between treating animals ethically
while also raising them for food and for other
reasons, such as the testing of pharmaceuticals.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment The Euthyphro
by Plato For more course tutorials
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the Euthyphro, Socrates and Euthyphro discuss the
concept of piety/holiness. This essay will not
only test your ability to recognize and engage
philosophical concepts and analysis, but also
brings you into the dialogue as a participant,
asking you to create your own definition of
holiness.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 3 DQ 1 The Limits of
Skepticism For more course tutorials
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Skepticism Can a person be skeptical about
everything, or are there limits? Is it possible
to doubt everything or almost everything? Does a
person have an obligation to use ethical and
moral reasoning when examining ones beliefs. Are
there beliefs you possess that cannot be
challenged or shown to be false? How might the
skeptic respond to your claim that such a belief
cannot be doubted? Identify one such specific
belief and present your response to the skeptic.
(If you don't have such a belief, explain how one
could live while not accepting any claim as
true.)
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 3 DQ 2 Truth and the Limits
of Knowledge For more course tutorials
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of Knowledge Explain the epistemological
perspective from the text (or outside sources)
that most coincides with your view of truth and
the way that the human mind grasps reality.
Explain why you find it to be the best
explanation of the way that the human mind is
able to understand its world. Finally, present
your views on whether humans can actually know
the truth about objects or ideas in the world. If
you believe they can, explain why.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 4 DQ 1 Proof of God's
Existence For more course tutorials
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Existence After reading about the various proofs
of the existence of God, identify which of these
arguments seems to be the best, and explain why
you think so. If you find none of them
convincing, present your best argument against
one of these proofs and why it fails to
accomplish its task. Complete your response by
reflecting on why philosophers have sought for
thousands of years to provide such proofs, and
whether it is necessary to do so.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 4 DQ 2 The Turing Test For
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The Turing Test Present three specific questions
that you would ask in the Turing Test to
determine if something is real or artificial
intelligence. Explain why you think these
questions would be the type to reveal the
computer to be a computer? Why would these
responses have to be given by a human being? (If
you don't think there are such questions, explain
how the three questions you chose would fail to
determine which one of the respondents was a
computer and which was an actual human.)
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 5 Assignment Final paper The
existence of God For more course tutorials
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sub-disciplines of philosophy are addressed in
this course ethics, epistemology, and religion.
For this paper, you will develop an argument that
includes your own view on one specific topic
relating to one of these sub-disciplines. Below
is a list of topics from which you must choose.
Feel free to combine topics that seem to fit with
one another. It is recommended that you choose a
topic that interests you or that you have thought
about previously.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 5 DQ 1 The Meaning of
Life For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialr
ank.com The Meaning of Life Chapter 5 is
focused on the meaning of human life. Present
your view on the ultimate meaning of life. Be
sure to back up your view with logical reasoning
and as much evidence as you can. What gives human
life meaning? How do you know? How should one act
in the world once one realizes this meaning?
Connect your ideas on the essential meaning of
life to the views of at least one philosopher.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 5 DQ 2 Philosophy and
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Society After watching Relationship of Philosophy
to Other Fields, reflect on the relationship of
philosophy to your life in terms of your future
education and career goals. What value does
philosophy have? How can people benefit from
thinking more philosophically? How does
philosophy affect ethical issues? What
significance does thinking and reasoning
critically play in society, and in human
flourishing?
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