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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
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 1 DQ 1 What is
Philosophy?  For more course tutorials
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Times, Rating B   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  For more course tutorials
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Times, Rating No 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 arg
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 2 Assignment Famine,
Affluence, and Morality  For more course
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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 margin
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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 f
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 2 DQ 2 Animal Rights  For
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utorial Purchased 3 Times, Rating B   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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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.
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 3 DQ 1 The Limits of
Skepticism  For more course tutorials
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Times, Rating No Rating   The Limits of
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 s
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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
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ASHFORD PHI 208 Week 4 DQ 1 Proof of God's
Existence  For more course tutorials
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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
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Times, Rating A   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
Society  For more course tutorials
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Times, Rating No Rating   Philosophy and
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
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