Zeno defends Parmenides position that only one thing exists, by offering arguments against motion, time, and change. What is one of his arguments? What does this argument presuppose? Why is it important? What kind of world does it require to exist? Why would we or wouldnt we buy into his argument? What is your main takeaway from Zeno's argument?

Zeno defends Parmenides position that only one thing exists, by offering arguments against motion, time, and change. What is one of his arguments? What does this argument presuppose? Why is it important? What kind of world does it require to exist? Why would we or wouldnt we buy into his argument? What is your main takeaway from Zeno's argument?

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Write a 4-page essay in which you argue for a thesis in answer to the question, Why should I be moral? Use the readings and lectures from our course as your sources to make your case. Do not use any other outside sources for this assignment. It is probably better to choose one or two of the readings so that you can discuss them in depth, instead of trying to cover many things in a shallow way. Your task is to argue for a specific position/thesis, but you can choose any position that you think is correct in answer to the why be moral question.

Recall that epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. In the study of epistemology, philosophers are concerned with the epistemological shift. This is the idea that one has shifted, or changed, the way he or she takes in knowledge.

For example, you read many of your books on screens and e-readers today. This is a change from the past. In fact, there have been university libraries that have opened without any physical books (e-books only). Thanks to the Internet and smartphones, people do not have to memorize information the way they did in decades past. Reflect upon this issue and then respond to the following questions:

Are philosophers correct to be concerned with this shift?
Discuss the pros and cons of the epistemological shift in an essay.
Utilize at least 2 credible sources to support your position presented in the paper. Make sure you cite them appropriately within your paper, and list them in APA format on your Reference page. Your

Recall that epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. In the study of epistemology, philosophers are concerned with the epistemological shift. This is the idea that one has shifted, or changed, the way he or she takes in knowledge.

For example, you read many of your books on screens and e-readers today. This is a change from the past. In fact, there have been university libraries that have opened without any physical books (e-books only). Thanks to the Internet and smartphones, people do not have to memorize information the way they did in decades past. Reflect upon this issue and then respond to the following questions:

Are philosophers correct to be concerned with this shift?
Discuss the pros and cons of the epistemological shift in an essay.
Utilize at least 2 credible sources to support your position presented in the paper. Make sure you cite them appropriately within your paper, and list them in APA format on your Reference page. Your

Paper 1: Topics

Consider the following case:

Lying promise: You want to give to a charitable organization to help desperately poor families, but you dont have very much money. However, you know that you could obtain some money by asking your rich roommate for it and promising to pay it back. (It is 2021, and people again have roommates.) You also know that you will not be able to pay it back, so that you would be making a lying promise to your roommate. Suppose, too, that making the lying promise is the only way for you to get the money that is consistent with your fulfilling your financial obligations. Finally, lets assume that you know that the suffering of 10 people could be relieved if you were to steal the money.

Question: Should you make this lying promise to your roommate? Why or why not?

Please write a paper, of about two pages in length, on only one of the following topics.


Topic 1: Mills Utilitarianism

According to John Stuart Mil

Applied Essaywritten in two stages. Write an argument, a problem-solving argument, written in two stages, including two normative theories and your evaluation of them in terms of an issue from chs. 10, 14, or 20: Euthanasia, Economic Justice, or Global Justice. No additional sources are required, but if they are used, they must be properly documented in MLA style. When citing from our textbook, no works cited page is needed; however, students should continue to introduce sources as they learned to do in writing paragraphs for discussion. First, identify a problem presented in your textbook on one of these issues. It takes time to write a good body paragraph that fully describes an ethical problem. Good descriptive skills are required. Second, consider the main parts of the normative theory you are using to solve the problem, for instance principles of self-interest, consequences for a group, duties and obligations, or care and additional virtues. Make those principles fit into the diff

Here, it seems, my dear Glaucon, a human being faces the greatest danger of all
(Republic, Bk. 10, 618b). What are the relative roles of chance, lived experience, and
educated reason in shaping the fate of a human being, according to the Myth of Er (at the
end of the Republic)? How does this story of the afterlife illustrate or challenge ideas that
we find elsewhere in the Republic (or in our other Platonic texts)?

5 Paragraph Analytical Philosophical Essay Instructions

I.    Introduction - (4-5 sentences)
a.    Hook
b.    Thesis statement
c.    How youre going to prove the thesis

II.    Body Paragraph #1 (9-12 sentences)
a.    Topic Sentence Original Argument
i.    Claim
1.    Evidence/Example
2.    Tie to the topic sentence
ii.    Claim
1.    Evidence/Example
2.    Tie to the topic sentence
iii.    Claim
1.    Evidence/Example
2.    Tie to the topic sentence

III.    Body Paragraph #2 - (9-12 sentences)
a.    Topic Sentence Counter Argument Against Original Argument
i.    Counter Claim
1.    Evidence/Example
2.    Tie to the top