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• PHI 208 Entire Course
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• PHI 208 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Philosophy?PHI 208
  Week 1 DQ 2 Justifying BeliefsPHI 208 Week 2 DQ
  1 Ethics and RelativismPHI 208 Week 2 DQ 2
  Animal RightsPHI 208 Week 2 Assignment Famine,
  Affluence, and MoralityPHI 208 Week 3 DQ 1 The
  Limits of SkepticismPHI 208 Week 3 DQ 2 Truth
  and the Limits of KnowledgePHI 208 week 3
  Assignment The Euthyphro by PlatoPHI 208 Week 4
  DQ 1 Proof of God's ExistencePHI 208 Week 4 DQ 2
  The Turing Test

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• PHI 208 Week 1 DQ 1 What is Philosophy
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• What is Philosophy
• Most people have views that are strongly
  influenced and informed by philosophy, often
  without realizing it. Identify a view you
  havewhether on politics, religion, science,
  culture, or even the media and entertainmentthat
  might be regarded as being related to philosophy.
  What kind of reasons do you have for holding that
  belief? What figure from the history of
  philosophy section do you think might have some
  views that are similar, or at least relevant, to
  your own? Explain why you chose that particular
  figure.

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• PHI 208 Week 1 DQ 2 Justifying Beliefs
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• Justifying Beliefs
• Many philosophers insist that our most strongly
  held beliefs should be examined and critically
  evaluated. Using the required text and outside
  sources, explain what philosophers mean when they
  say that beliefs need justification? What is the
  importance of subjecting our beliefs to critical
  scrutiny? What are the advantages of believing
  something without examining it? What are the
  disadvantages? Identify a specific belief you
  have that you think is worth defending, and then
  explain your reasons for holding that belief. Be
  sure to include logical reasoning as well as
  factual evidence in all your arguments.

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• PHI 208 Week 2 Assignment Famine, Affluence, and
  Morality
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• Peter Singer Famine, Affluence, and
  MoralityPlease read the article Famine,
  Affluence, and Morality, by Peter Singer and
  complete the following tasks
• Explain Singers goal in this article, and then
  present his argument in relation to this issue.
  Explain three counter-arguments to Singers
  position that he addresses in his article, and
  then indicate Singers responses to those
  counter-arguments. Define Singers concept of
  marginal utility and identify how it relates to
  his argument. Compare how the ideas of duty and
  charity change in Singers proposed

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• PHI 208 Week 2 DQ 1 Ethics and Relativism
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• Ethics and Relativism
• Our text discusses the challenge relativism
  presents to various ethical and religious
  viewpoints. Consider a specific moral question
  which might make it difficult to accept the
  relativist's response. State the moral issue
  involved, and provide an explanation as to why
  you think a relativist might have a problem
  giving a justified response to it. In addition,
  use one of the positive ethical theories from the
  text to interpret the issue and how one should
  respond to this issue.

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• PHI 208 Week 2 DQ 2 Animal Rights
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• Animal Rights
• Do human beings have any obligations to animals
  in terms of their treatment? If it is wrong to
  treat animals cruelly, why is it not wrong to eat
  them? Explain if, and how, you think humans can
  find a balance between treating animals ethically
  while also raising them for food and for other
  reasons, such as the testing of pharmaceuticals

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• PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment The Euthyphro by Plato
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• Euthyphro PlatoIn the Euthyphro, Socrates and
  Euthyphro discuss the concept of piety/holiness.
  This essay will not only test your ability to
  recognize and engage philosophical concepts and
  analysis, but also brings you into the dialogue
  as a participant, asking you to create your own
  definition of holiness.Read the Euthyphro, and
  write a paper in which you do the following

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• PHI 208 Week 3 DQ 1 The Limits of Skepticism
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• The Limits of Skepticism
• Can a person be skeptical about everything, or
  are there limits? Is it possible to doubt
  everything or almost everything? Does a person
  have an obligation to use ethical and moral
  reasoning when examining ones beliefs. Are there
  beliefs you possess that cannot be challenged or
  shown to be false? How might the skeptic respond
  to your claim that such a belief cannot be
  doubted? Identify one such specific belief and
  present your response to the skeptic. (If you
  don't have such a belief, explain how one could
  live while not accepting any claim as true.)

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• PHI 208 Week 3 DQ 2 Truth and the Limits of
  Knowledge
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• Truth and the Limits of Knowledge
• Explain the epistemological perspective from the
  text (or outside sources) that most coincides
  with your view of truth and the way that the
  human mind grasps reality. Explain why you find
  it to be the best explanation of the way that the
  human mind is able to understand its world.
  Finally, present your views on whether humans can
  actually know the truth about objects or ideas in
  the world. If you believe they can?

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• PHI 208 Week 4 DQ 1 Proof of God's Existence
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• Proof of Gods Existence
• After reading about the various proofs of the
  existence of God, identify which of these
  arguments seems to be the best, and explain why
  you think so. If you find none of them
  convincing, present your best argument against
  one of these proofs and why it fails to
  accomplish its task. Complete your response by
  reflecting on why philosophers have sought for
  thousands of years to provide such proofs, and
  whether it is necessary to do so.

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• PHI 208 Week 4 DQ 2 The Turing Test
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• The Turing Test
• Present three specific questions that you would
  ask in the Turing Test to determine if something
  is real or artificial intelligence. Explain why
  you think these questions would be the type to
  reveal the computer to be a computer? Why would
  these responses have to be given by a human
  being? (If you don't think there are such
  questions, explain how the three questions you
  chose would fail to determine which one of the
  respondents was a computer and which was an
  actual human.)
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• PHI 208 Week 5 Assignment Final paper The
  existence of God
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• Final Argumentative PaperThree important
  sub-disciplines of philosophy are addressed in
  this course ethics, epistemology, and religion.
  For this paper, you will develop an argument that
  includes your own view on one specific topic
  relating to one of these sub-disciplines. Below
  is a list of topics from which you must choose.
  Feel free to combine topics that seem to fit with
  one another. It is recommended that you choose

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• PHI 208 Week 5 DQ 1 The Meaning of Life
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• The Meaning of Life
• Chapter 5 is focused on the meaning of human
  life. Present your view on the ultimate meaning
  of life. Be sure to back up your view with
  logical reasoning and as much evidence as you
  can. What gives human life meaning? How do you
  know? How should one act in the world once one
  realizes this meaning? Connect your ideas on the
  essential meaning of life to the views of at
  least one philosopher.

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• PHI 208 Week 5 DQ 2 Philosophy and Society
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• Philosophy and Society
• After watching Relationship of Philosophy to
  Other Fields, reflect on the relationship of
  philosophy to your life in terms of your future
  education and career goals. What value does
  philosophy have? How can people benefit from
  thinking more philosophically? How does
  philosophy affect ethical issues? What
  significance does thinking and reasoning
  critically play in society

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