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active euthanasia

    This is a healthcare ethics case analysis essay, therefore you must find at least one (1), no more than three (3) news articles from a reputable source

!!!Topic already selected be sure to read all the instructions provided carefully!!!

    The case should have a controversial issue, i.e., should not be obviously one sided. You must explain what the controversy is and why its interesting in your essay..

    At least five pages (5), no more than seven (7). The page requirement is for full pages. Page requirements establish a basic set of parameters for good writing. If youre going through a good writing process, the page requirement should be easy to meet. Essays that do not meet the page requirement will receive an automatic D.

    Essays must use MLA or Chicago style, must be typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman font.

    Essays must also have a clearly articula

Explain Descartes critical application of his method of doubt and the way he builds knowledge on a new foundation

This assignment consists a short essay question, and a short response question. The main intent of these questions is to ensure that you have a sound grasp of the fundamentals of the material presented in this unit. To that end, there is a  (1000 words) limit for the short essay question. Im not so concerned with whether you agree with a particular author or not. The quality of your answer is based on your exposition of the competing positions, your comparative analysis of those positions and, lastly, your argument in support of the position you defend.
As with all the assignments in this course, the short essay question is not designed to be a research question. There is no requirement to get material from external sources such as other authors, or reference websites, who have summarized, or criticized, the authors you are dealing with. In effect, including such material defeats your purpose in completing your essay because you are essentially telling me what some other person

Business Ethics

About the essay:
Attached is the guidelines for the paper.
Company: Sinar Mas Group
Focus on why this company is ethically wrong specifically on deforestation of rainforest and poor labor management.
Also connect the issue to the essence of capitalism.
Lecture notes are just for references.

A Snapshot of the Forms of Ethical Reasoning:

Virtue Ethics: Practical reason is about the transformation of desires and needs toward higher ends chosen for their own sake according to the discovered common good within our collective work of community building. Practical reason is then emancipatory social praxis because it is oriented to that end of making a community of mutual flourishing in which everyone can become an active participant in ruling together.


Utilitarianism: No practical reason as emancipatory social praxis, but only instrumental reason for calculating the most efficient means to privately meet biological necessities and private appetites.

Ethics

About the essay:
Attached is the guidelines for the paper.
Company: Sinar Mas Group
Focus on why this company is ethically wrong specifically on deforestation of rainforest and poor labor management.
Also connect the issue to the essence of capitalism.
Lecture notes are just for references.

A Snapshot of the Forms of Ethical Reasoning:

Virtue Ethics: Practical reason is about the transformation of desires and needs toward higher ends chosen for their own sake according to the discovered common good within our collective work of community building. Practical reason is then emancipatory social praxis because it is oriented to that end of making a community of mutual flourishing in which everyone can become an active participant in ruling together.


Utilitarianism: No practical reason as emancipatory social praxis, but only instrumental reason for calculating the most efficient means to privately meet biological necessities and private appetites.

Opinion Piece Assignment (Argumentative)

You can choose to discuss ideas of a philosopher we covered (please let me know the philosopher if you chose this route) OR you can use phenomenological methods and a phenomenological perspective to write about certain phenomena. You can address an individual phenomenon, or a social one.
Your understanding of what phenomenology is and how it works can be informed by either one stated below
-Husserl
-Heidegger
-Merleau-Ponty
-Arendt
*******I have attached the assignment tasks, and I have also attached two examples of OpEds from the Stone blog that might help you to understand the genre *******

“translating” passages from Heidegger

'Translate' the assigned passage from Heidegger (appr. 500 words) into clear, plain, everyday English. You do not need to translate word-for-word, or even sentence for sentence, but you should aim at capturing what the text is conveying, and how it is doing that as well as possible. You will work on this project in three steps:

Any topic (writer’s choice)

This is a creative platonic dialogue!!! if you have any questions please feel free to let me know
-If you chose to write this paper please let me know what topic you are choosing so I can check if it was part of the material and send you information based on it.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Answer the following question thoroughly in 1 page, double spaced, in a font no larger than 12. If you choose to quote the book, keep it to one line. Please address each part of the question and give a thorough explanation.  I expect the writing to be clear and well-edited. Proof-read your work.

  If you use sources from the internet, be careful you do not copy them verbatim or simply rearrange the sentences. Do not Plagiarize (a definition of plagiarism is stated on the course syllabus)!

Question:

How does George Berkeley explain the existence of objects in the world? What do the objects we experience consist of? Does Berkeley agree or disagree with John Locke's theory of perception? Why or why not?

Biomedical Ethical Issues Regarding COVID-19 & Pandemics

I. Introduction
Basic Essay Structure
-Describe the problem on which you are focusing. What is the debate? Briefly summarize your position, the objection you are considering, and how you intend to respond to the objection.
II. Your Argument
-Present your own argument. You should aim to expand upon, reject, modify, or otherwise contribute to some aspect of an ongoing discussion.
III. Objection
-Set up the objection from your "opponent" as clearly and fairly as possible. Be sure to represent their position accurately (as if it were your own position). This objection can come from a real or imagined opposing side. Basically, you should present what you take to be the strongest and most legitimate objection to your own view.
IV. Your Response
-Provide a response to the objection in defense of your own position.
V. Conclusion
-Similar to the introduction; summarize what you've done in the paper and how you've done it. Don't add anything new in the conclusion; o

Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein hated living and working at Cambridge University.  He especially didn't like the constant chatter about ethics and politics that is associated with college life, both back then and today.  Whenever he could, he would leave to faraway places: a fjord in Norway, a cottage in western Ireland, and so on. 

Both of these tendencies sharply contrast with Plato's depiction of Socrates -- he loved to talk about ethics and politics, and he never left Athens.  How would Plato respond to Wittgenstein's view of philosophy?  Write a paper imagining how Socrates would respond to Wittgenstein's behavior: pretend that they somehow met and spoke the same language.