Position paper I do think Lucy violated the UHD Honesty policy because she obtained unauthorized information from her professor’s exam and violated “student responsibility” of UHD Honesty policy. According to the UHD Honesty Policy‚ it states in Section 2.2‚ bullet 3‚ that: “Obtaining and/or using unauthorized material.” She violated this policy. Firstly‚ she saw the test on the photocopying machine accidentally‚ and then she realized that the test she’s going to take tomorrow in American Politics
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Brief Summary In this Allegory of the cave written by Plato it tells about how people react to instances in life. The story starts out by telling us to picture people “ having their legs and necks fettered from childhood”(1)‚ so that they cannot move and are only able to see the puppets shown throughout the fire. He goes to point out that if all they can see are these shadows of objects that those said objects must seem like the real ones to the prisoners. So these prisoners would then consider
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A developed country does have a moral duty to produce food over fuel crops when hunger is global issue. Allowing someone to go hungry to be able to fuel a vehicle is immoral. There is a moral duty to make sure that America is not consuming all our food sources to lessen the cost of our fuel imports. Food should be in demand and be available for the poor. It is important to be able to curve the hunger with a source that has many options for usage. Farmers grow corn to feed their animals‚ family
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Introduction One of the central claims of Plato’s Republic is that justice is not only desirable for its own sake‚ but that it maximises the happiness of those who practice it. This paper examines Plato’s arguments in support of this thesis to determine (a) what he means by happiness‚ (b) to what extent it exists in his proposed ideal state‚ and (c) whether this in any way substantiates his claims about the benefits of justice. In particular‚ I will argue that there are two different conceptions
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Position Paper A few years ago‚ I watched a terrifying story on ABC ’s 20/20. It was a story about a teenage girl who had gotten pregnant. She successfully managed to keep her pregnancy from everyone‚ even her immediate family. She secretly gave birth to a baby girl--by herself-- in the basement of her house. Out of fear‚ she covered the baby with a blanket and the baby died. There was an investigation and trial on the teenage girl‚ as to whether she should be convicted of murder or not
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Plato’s The Apology is an account of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is charged with not recognizing the gods recognized by the state‚ inventing new deities‚ and corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates’ speech‚ however‚ is by no means an "apology" in our modern understanding of the word. The name of the dialogue derives from the Greek "apologia‚" which translates as a defense‚ or a speech made in defense. Thus‚ in The Apology‚ Socrates attempts to defend himself and his conduct--certainly
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OLD PAPER Grade:88 Blair Khoker Philosophy 101 Education? How? Having knowledge is important in every society‚ whether it be a totalitarian society‚ or a democratic society. In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates and his interlocutors discuss how to educate children. Is it right to keep them censored‚ or should they be allowed to study
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have dedicated great amounts of time to describing the best forms of social and political organization with the hope of discovering the best way of life for humanity. Aristotle and Plato are certainly no exception. The teacher and the student‚ defined by each other’s works‚ have taken historical and groundbreaking positions that have greatly influenced politicians and future thinkers. No one writer of the Western World has been able to produce as much conversation and controversy as the writings of
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Plato was a very intelligent philosopher and teacher. Plato’s most famous student was Aristotle‚ who regardless of his education by the great philosopher has different views and opinions that Plato. The ideas of Plato and Aristotle would battle constantly. Plato’s metaphysics and epistemology split the world into the everyday perception of the world and into forms. These forms are best identified as ideas that are just out in the atmosphere. For example‚ there are so many different designs for creating
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belief. Using his “Myth of the Cave” Plato contends that sense experience cannot lead to knowledge‚ but in fact knowledge can only be found in ideal models—Forms. I will argue that though false premises and problematic justification of the immortal soul exist as severe challenges to Plato’s epistemological view‚ Plato’s arguments ultimately cannot be concretely proven incorrect nor
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