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ASHFORD PHI 208 Entire Course For more course
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DQ 1 What is Philosophy? PHI 208 Week 1 DQ 2
Justifying Beliefs PHI 208 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics and
Relativism PHI 208 Week 2 DQ 2 Animal Rights PHI
208 Week 2 Assignment Famine, Affluence, and
Morality
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Philosophy?
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Most people have 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
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Rating Many philosophers 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,
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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. Define Singers concept
of marginal utility and identify how it relates
to his argument. Compare how the ideas of duty
and charity change in Singers proposed world?
Finally, present your personal response to Singer
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics and
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Times, Rating A Our text discusses 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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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
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Times, Rating A Euthyphro PlatoIn 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. Read the Euthyphro, and write a paper
in which you do the following
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 3 DQ 1 The Limits of
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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
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Times, Rating B Truth and the Limits 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. If you do not think they can,
explain why not. Feel free to consult outside
academic sources in order to explain more of the
details of the theory that you describe here.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 4 DQ 1 Proof of God's
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Times, Rating B Proof of Gods
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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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
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Times, Rating A Three important
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
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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. This philosopher can be
someone whom we studied or can come from an
outside source. You might connect your ideas in a
harmonious or contradictory way. Utilize the
academic resources aligned with this course to
find a philosopher that coincides with or
contradicts your own ideas.
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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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