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    Tonette Sims Nathan Poage 1301 Phil 28 November 2011 Discuss Wollstonecraft ’s arguments for women ’s rights. Are they persuasive? Why or why not? Mary Wollstonecraft was born April 1759 and died 1797. She was a determined independent woman that lived in a society that generally expected women of her class to be homebodies and obedient wives. She struggles for years to earn a living at the only two jobs sufficient for single‚ educated women. Always self-sustaining‚ Mary Wollstonecraft first

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    (The Social Contract Theory) Social contract theory dictates the fact that there must be agreements within a group of people who decide to live together‚ based on moral notions and judgments. In most cases‚ the social contract has a ruler or some form of ruling organization‚ to which people agree to obey in all matters in return for a guarantee of peace and securities. These are lacking in the "state of nature”. The “state of nature”‚ is a state of human interaction which exists before any social

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    One may question the intentions of others when deciding how they should be treated in a situation of crime or evil. There is no answer set in stone for what is right and what is wrong‚ although many theories can try and defend one. In many situations in life‚ both options may be wrong or both options may be right. Metaethics is one theory that identifies the nature of our values while defending what is right and wrong. In the story‚ “The Cold Equations” written by Tom Godwin‚ rights and values is

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    Compare and Contrast the Christian view of Man with the Islam’s Concept of Man We cannot deny to the fact that we have come to different perspective view of man‚ what would be the origin‚ nature‚ purpose‚ structure etc. through this concern religion have a different view. The great examples of this are the Christian and Muslim view of man. Both of them have their own sources; in Islam they have the Qur’an whereas the Christian they have their Bible. Both sources speak out the origin of man but

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    Ofelia Tamayo ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER Critical Thinking – PHIL 110 Kant-No Duties to Animals Animals have been around for just as long as humans have and some believe that neither one is above the other. In Kant’s essay “No Duties to Animals” he argues that humans have first and foremost a duty to anyone from their same “membership”. All humans belong to the human race membership and in no way may abdicate the position. And so a human must enforce direct duties towards other humans

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    Phil 4 Midterm Study Guide Introduction: - Ontology is the study of being‚ kinds of things that exists‚ the different kinds of being. What is ultimately real? - Material: spatial/public/mechanical - Immaterial: nonspatial/private/teleological - Materialism: Matter is truly real and immaterial things are not - Idealism: Ideas are ultimately real - Dualism: Reality is both material and immaterial - Monism: There’s one single reality Lau Tzu (Laozi): - Taos analogy to water: water

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    (1)[All change is either change for the better or change for the worse.] (But) (2)[God is necessarily a greatest possible being.] (So) (3)[he cannot change for the better‚] (since) (4)[if he did‚ he would not have been the greatest possible being prior to the change.] (And) (5)[he cannot change for the worse‚] (since) (6)[if he did‚ he would not be the greatest possible being subsequent to the change.] (Therefore‚) (7)[God cannot change.] (G) is which statement? 7 (1)[All humans have equal positive

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    Aaron Jagdeosingh Man CAN live by bread alone In this article I demonstrate that I do not agree with the position of Islamic cleric Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari. He states: as man is able to have a higher awareness of himself and his environment by extrapolation‚ man has the ability to have aspirations and‚ as a result‚ he has faith. Faith is the major difference between the animal man and other animals. He then proceeds to show that faith is necessary for man to live a sane life and be useful

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    Reading: pages 3-21 Key Terms (definitions on page 7): ethics morality descriptive ethics normative ethics metaethics applied ethics instrumentality intrinsically valuable Key ideas: principle of universalizabitlity principle of impartiality Be familiar with The Euthyphro by Plato (pages 16-19) - know Euthyphro’s definition of piety - understand that this is a debate regarding whether or not ethics is an objective or subjective discipline Be familiar with Common-Sense Religion

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    Beauvoir’s discussion of woman as an absolute Other leads her to consider the diverse ways women have been represented (or mythologized) by men. How did her chapter on Myths increase your awareness of your own experiences as mythologizer and mythologized. Introduction Beauvoir is famous for her philosophical and existentialist classification of women. In her works‚ womanhood and femininity are seen from different lenses – as being an agent in the society (an absolute Other) and as a subject of

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