Introduction to Philosophy Phil 100 ∙ Spring 2014 Professor Paul Burger Email paul.burger@csulb.edu Office Location MHB 805 Office Hours Tues. & Thurs. 3:30 – 4:30 PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE! 1. Which of the following is not part of Mill’s Principle of Utility? A. Actions are to be judged right or wrong solely in virtue of their consequences and nothing else. B. In assessing the consequences of some act‚ the only thing that matters (from an ethical point of view) is the amount of happiness
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Phil 1112: Death Penalty Essay “An eye for an eye‚” right? As fair as America tries to be‚ sometimes we also have to remember that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Many people rave about how the death penalty is an unjust punishment and that we can do without it; the idea of killing someone so that the punishment fits the crime is what shows how our world and societies are just as cruel as the criminals in it. The death penalty debate is a dispute that is learning to become more immoral
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Philosophy 201 Response Paper to McCloskey Article Atheism vs. Theism In McCloskey’s article his argument starts with the “proofs” that are nonexistent and we should simply abandon our theistic ways and what we consider our “proofs” to be that God does exist. According to McCloskey our world does not reveal the work of an all knowing all perfect being. I don’t know how one who is a Christian cannot get a little worked up when reading this article. That being said‚ I felt that when I watched the presentation
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Concordia University Department of Economics ECON 201 MIDTERM EXAMINATION AND ANSWERS Part I. Multiple Choice Questions. Circle the best answers. 1. When a choice is made‚ we call the value of the best alternative choice the a. Implicit choice. b. Accounting cost. c. Opportunity cost. d. Apparent cost. e. None of the above. 2. Which of the following statements is (are) normative? a. If income increases‚ sales of luxury goods will fall. b. When minimum wages are raised‚ unemployment
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Kimberly Keller R. Anderson English 201 24 March 2014 When Your Teacher Believes in You Imagine being a student whose biggest concern was trying to get through the day alive. Surrounded by drugs‚ gangs‚ guns and violence‚ you can see why the rhythm of poetry isn’t the concern of students. This was the life of the students at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ California. Many of these students had a choice between attending school or boot camp; few aspired beyond basic survival.
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Liberty is the freedom from certain restrictions that are forced on the lives of people in society. But in America‚ liberty is more than just a definition. Liberty is an icon‚ a way of living and a motivation. In fact‚ many of the structures or statues in America have liberty inscribed on them or have the word liberty in the name. For example‚ the Liberty Bell. At a glance‚ the Liberty Bell seems like a regular old bell with a crack down the side. In reality‚ the Liberty Bell is a model of freedom
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Liberty and Political Liberalism William D. Towah Liberty and Political Liberalism The Relationship between the Concepts of Liberty and Political Liberalism In his publication: “The Equality Trust”‚ Goddard‚ J. (2013) discussed that liberty as defined by many to mean the ability of an individual to carry out his/her will without any active obstruction or impediment from any persons is narrowed and‚ therefore‚ flawed. He proposed that liberty should rather be viewed as the “absence of relationship
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to the flow of information. Then I will identify and discuss the barriers to the flow of downward and upward communication. Lastly I will discuss how Phil Jones could improve the flow of information and what objectives would he has in mind. There is an increase to the downward information flow and decrease to the upward information flow. When Phil took over‚ he set more objectives and standards for the plant and thus increased the downward information flow. There is less upward information flow
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Move Forward: Approaches to Teaching Civil Liberties in 21st Century Classrooms using 20th Century Case Studies Antonio Thompson thompsonas@apsu.eduthompsonas@apsu.edu Austin Peay State University Clarksville‚ Tennessee Abstract The history of civil liberties has been fraught with constant violations and infringements. These violations often result from an ignorance of what constitutes civil liberties. It is the duty of teachers in the twenty-first
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Mills begins his essay on Liberty by voicing the “struggle between authority and liberty”. He explains how liberty changed overtime‚ from the protection of tyranny to the tyrants themselves becoming the servants to the people‚ rather than there masters. This progression was reached as man realised they wanted their leaders to serve instead of rule‚ and to reflect the interests of the majority of society instead of a select few. Mills divided this control of authority into two mechanisms- Rights
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