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PHI 208 Entire Course ( 4 Papers for each
Assignment, 2 Finals DQs Quiz) 

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• This Tutorial contains 4 Papers for each
  Assignment, many DQs for each Week, Two Final
  Exam
• PHI 208 Final Exam 50 Questions (2 Set)
• PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions
  (Physician Assisted Suicide Be Legal)

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PHI 208 Final Exam 50 Questions (2 Set) 

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• This Tutorial contains 2 Set of Final Exam (50
  Question each)
• Question 1. Question Which of the
  following would be an idea shared both by the
  teacher (Kevin Kline) from the clip of The
  Emperors Club, and by either MacIntyre or
  Aristotle (or both)?

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PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions
(Equal Pay for Equal Work) 

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• Ethical Questions. Please read these assignment
  instructions before writing your paper, and re-
  read them often during and after the writing
  process to make sure that you are fulfilling all
  of the instructions. Please also utilize the
  assignment guidance, the modeled example, and the
  outline provided.

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PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions
(Gender Equality Ethics) 

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• Ethical Questions. Please read these assignment
  instructions before writing your paper, and re-
  read them often during and after the writing
  process to make sure that you are fulfilling all
  of the instructions. Please also utilize the
  assignment guidance, the modeled example, and the
  outline provided.

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PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions (Just
War Military Ethics) 

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• Ethical Questions. Please read these assignment
  instructions before writing your paper, and re-
  read them often during and after the writing
  process to make sure that you are fulfilling all
  of the instructions. Please also utilize the
  assignment guidance, the modeled example, and the
  outline provided.

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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (argument against
relativism) 

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• What do you believe is the strongest argument
  against relativism that was presented the
  readings for the week? Outline the argument
  presenting the reasons the author gives for
  thinking that relativism is inadequate. Finally,
  discuss relativism with your classmates in
  general. What are some relativistic

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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (Mary Midgley and
James) 

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• What are some relativistic beliefs that you have
  or that you find in society? What are those
  ethical beliefs and how do people justify those
  beliefs? Using the articles from Mary Midgley
  and James Rachels, present a critique of those
  relativistic beliefs. What reasons do you have
  for thinking that these beliefs are not
  consistent.

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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (ring of Gyges) 

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• In the excerpt from the Republic the example of
  the ring of Gyges is used to claim that humans
  only act morally because of fear that they will
  be caught. Present an example of someone being
  morally good out of fear and then present an
  example of someone being morally good out of an
  inherent desire to act in a specific way.
  Discuss with

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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (Slavery) 

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• Slavery has been practiced world-wide since the
  earliest days of humanity and is still practiced
  in parts of the world even today. Even the Bible
  condones slavery. Yet today in America most
  people think that slavery is absolutely morally
  wrong. Polygamy has been practiced world-wide
  since the earliest days and is still practiced in
  parts of the world even today. Some major
  religions require polygamy. There are

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PHI 208 Week 1 Quiz 

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• PHI 208 Week 1 Quiz
• 1. Question In Active and
  Passive Euthanasia, Rachels claims that when
  infants with Downs syndrome are denied necessary
  operations, the reason is typically

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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion (Understanding
Philosophy) 

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• Using at least one quote from chapter six of
  Understanding Philosophy, describe the core
  principle of utilitarianism and discuss the
  problem of the tyranny of the majority. Find a
  real example

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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 1 (basic principle of
equality) 

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• Singer reasons for what he calls the basic
  principle of equality. What is this principle
  and how is it supposed to be applied? What
  reasoning does he give that this principle should
  be applied to non-human animals? Do you agree? On
  what basis do

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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 1 (Tom Regan and Peter
Singer) 

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• Tom Regan and Peter Singer disagree about the
  best approach to animal ethics. What basic things
  do they agree about?
• What do they disagree about?
• How would their different views result in
  different

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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 1 Peter Singer and
Animal Rights 

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• Peter Singer argues that eating meat is
  speciesism because it involves sacrificing the
  most important interests of members of other
  species for relatively trivial interests of our
  own species. Do you think Singer is correct or
  incorrect on this point? Is "speciesism" a real
  thing like racism or sexism? Why or why not

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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Drones) 

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• After watching the videos Drones are Ethical
  and Drones are Not Ethical, provide at least
  one argument to show that the use of drones can
  be justified by utilitarian reasoning.
• And one argument to show that the use of drones
  cannot be justified

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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Primary Goal) 

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• If the primary goal of utilitarianism is to
  generate the greatest good for the greatest
  number, a secondary goal is to minimize
  suffering. Using at least one quote from one of
  the required readings, discuss the ways in which
  these two principles are consistent or
  inconsistent with each other. If you think they
  are consistent

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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Singer and Moral
Justification) 

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• Singer argues that there is no moral
  justification for denying moral consideration to
  animals. Can you think of a good moral reason why
  our moral consideration should include all
  humans, even those without the ability to reason,
  yet be denied to all non-human

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PHI 208 Week 2 Quiz 

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• Question According to the video Meet
  Your Meat, which of the following is true of how
  animals are slaughtered on factory farms
• 2. Question In what way does
  Peter Singer think that speciesism is similar to
  racism and sexism?

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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Equal Pay for Equal Work) 

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• Applying an Ethical Theory. Please read these
  assignment instructions before writing your
  paper, and re-read them often during and after
  the writing process to make sure that you are
  fulfilling all of the instructions. Please also
  utilize the assignment guidance and the outlined
  model

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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Gender Equality Ethics) 

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• Applying an Ethical Theory. Please read these
  assignment instructions before writing your
  paper, and re-read them often during and after
  the writing process to make sure that you are
  fulfilling all of the instructions. Please also
  utilize the assignment guidance and the outlined

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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Just War Military Ethics) 

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• Applying an Ethical Theory. Please read these
  assignment instructions before writing your
  paper, and re-read them often during and after
  the writing process to make sure that you are
  fulfilling all of the instructions. Please also
  utilize the assignment guidance and the outlined

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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Physician Assisted Suicide Be  

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• Applying an Ethical Theory. Please read these
  assignment instructions before writing your
  paper, and re-read them often during and after
  the writing process to make sure that you are
  fulfilling all of the instructions. Please also
  utilize the assignment guidance and the outlined
  model provided.

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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Hero) 

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• Think of someone real or fictional whom some
  people regard as a hero for helping others,
  stopping something bad or evil, and so forth,
  even though by doing so they violated what would
  normally be considered a moral rule (focus on
  morality don't simply think of someone who broke
  the law). For example, they may have lied, broken

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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Kant Right Action) 

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• Kant famously states that the only thing good
  without qualification is a good will. On this
  basis, he holds that we can do the right action
  but not out of a good will, and that only actions
  done from a good will are morally praiseworthy.
  Do you agree with Kant? Provide an example (real
  or made up)

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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Kants formulations) 

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• One of Kants formulations of the Categorical
  Imperative says that one should always treat
  humanity, whether in oneself or in another,
  always as an end and never merely as a means.
  Briefly explain what that means. Consider a
  specific example from the world of business,
  either one that

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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Morally Permissible to
lie) 

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• Is it ever morally permissible to lie to someone?
  Describe a circumstance in which it seems that
  lying might make more people happy than telling
  the truth. Would lying be the right thing to do
  in that circumstance, or is it our moral duty

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PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz 

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• 1. Question Michael Walzer
  argues that in the unique world of war, both
  morality and authority are
• 2. Question Nagels argument in
  War and Massacre that hostility or aggression
  should be directed at its true object means that
  which of the following would

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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Aristotle) 

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• Aristotle says that the virtues are necessary for
  humans to attain happiness, but he means this in
  terms of something we might call flourishing or
  living well, which he considers quite different
  than simply feeling good. Thus, according to
  Aristotle some people might feel that they are
  happy, but

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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Aristotles account of
eudaimonia) 

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• Is it possible for individuals to flourish if
  others with whom they are connected are not also
  flourishing? Consider this with respect to
  Aristotles account of eudaimonia, as well as the
  other readings and media. Identify a community
  or practice in

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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Aristotles virtue
ethics) 

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• An important aspect of Aristotles virtue ethics
  is the idea that virtues are habits that we
  acquire over time, and like any habit, virtues
  affect not just what we do, but our desires and
  emotions as well. Focusing on either Hills
  article or Robinsons article

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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Impact on the
Environment) 

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• Identify an area of life that has an impact on
  the environment (including non-human animals),
  and explain how the possession or lack of virtue
  may make a difference to how one conducts oneself
  within that practice with respect to that
  environmental impact. In other words, when it
  comes to

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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (MacIntyre's account of
practices) 

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• Referring to MacIntyre's account of practices and
  virtue, outline a practice in your own life that
  you believe requires certain virtues in order to
  do well. Explain what the practice is, what the
  "internal goods" of the practice are and how they
  differ

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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (virtuous soldier) 

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• What does it mean to be a virtuous soldier?
  Identify three virtues that a soldier needs in
  order to be an excellent soldier and then explain
  why. Create a scenario that a soldier might face
  during war or some other stressful event, and

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PHI 208 Week 4 Quiz 

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• 1. Question In Ideals of Human
  Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments,
  Thomas Hill claims that a fruitful way to think
  about the badness of destroying the environment
  is

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PHI 208 Week 5 Discussion (feminist ethical
thinking) 

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• Describe the ethical theory that you have studied
  in this course that differs the most from what
  you consider to be feminist ethical thinking.
  Utilizing the readings and media from the course,
  explain specific components of the theories that
  demonstrate the differences

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