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PHI 208 Entire Course ( 4 Papers for each
Assignment, 2 Finals DQs Quiz) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com This Tutorial
contains 4 Papers for each Assignment, many DQs
for each Week, Two Final Exam PHI 208 Final Exam
50 Questions (2 Set) PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment
Ethical Questions (Physician Assisted Suicide Be
Legal) PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an
Ethical Theory (Physician Assisted Suicide Be
Legal)
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PHI 208 Final Exam 50 Questions (2 Set) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   This Tutorial
contains 2 Set of Final Exam (50 Question each)
Question 1. Question Which of the
following would be an idea shared both by the
teacher (Kevin Kline) from the clip of The
Emperors Club, and by either MacIntyre or
Aristotle (or both)? Question 2. Question
In Gilligans article, the example of
Heinz involves which crime
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PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions
(Equal Pay for Equal Work) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Ethical Questions.
Please read these assignment instructions before
writing your paper, and re- read them often
during and after the writing process to make sure
that you are fulfilling all of the instructions.
Please also utilize the assignment guidance, the
modeled example, and the outline provided.
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PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions
(Gender Equality/Ethics) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Ethical Questions. Please
read these assignment instructions before writing
your paper, and re- read them often during and
after the writing process to make sure that you
are fulfilling all of the instructions. Please
also utilize the assignment guidance, the modeled
example, and the outline provided.
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PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions (Just
War Military Ethics) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Ethical Questions. Please
read these assignment instructions before writing
your paper, and re- read them often during and
after the writing process to make sure that you
are fulfilling all of the instructions. Please
also utilize the assignment guidance, the modeled
example, and the outline provided. Overview
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PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions
(Physician Assisted Suicide Be Legal) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Ethical
Questions. Please read these assignment
instructions before writing your paper, and re-
read them often during and after the writing
process to make sure that you are fulfilling all
of the instructions. Please also utilize the
assignment guidance, the modeled example, and the
outline provided.
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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (argument against
relativism) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   What do you believe is the
strongest argument against relativism that was
presented the readings for the week? Outline the
argument presenting the reasons the author gives
for thinking that relativism is inadequate.
Finally, discuss relativism with your classmates
in general.
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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (Mary Midgley and
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  What are some relativistic beliefs that you
have or that you find in society? What are those
ethical beliefs and how do people justify those
beliefs? Using the articles from Mary Midgley
and James Rachels, present a critique of those
relativistic beliefs. What reasons do you have
for thinking that these beliefs are not
consistent.
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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (ring of Gyges) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   In the
excerpt from the Republic the example of the ring
of Gyges is used to claim that humans only act
morally because of fear that they will be caught.
Present an example of someone being morally good
out of fear and then present an example of
someone being morally good out of an inherent
desire to act in a specific way.
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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (Slavery) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Slavery has
been practiced world-wide since the earliest days
of humanity and is still practiced in parts of
the world even today. Even the Bible condones
slavery. Yet today in America most people think
that slavery is absolutely morally wrong.
Polygamy has been practiced world-wide since the
earliest days and is still practiced in parts of
the world even today. Some major religions
require polygamy.
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• PHI 208 Week 1 Quiz
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• PHI 208 Week 1 Quiz
• 1. Question In Active and
  Passive Euthanasia, Rachels claims that when
  infants with Downs syndrome are denied necessary
  operations, the reason is typically
• Question In Active and Passive
  Euthanasia, Rachels concludes that

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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion (Understanding
Philosophy) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Using at least one quote
from chapter six of Understanding Philosophy,
describe the core principle of utilitarianism and
discuss the problem of the tyranny of the
majority. Find a real example of a current or
past social practice, (or create your own
fictional example) that illustrates this problem.
Complete your post by evaluating whether the
overall good generated by the practice outweighs
the suffering caused by the practice.
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 1 (basic principle of
equality) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Singer reasons for what he
calls the basic principle of equality. What is
this principle and how is it supposed to be
applied? What reasoning does he give that this
principle should be applied to non-human animals?
Do you agree? On what basis do you think we
should determine which types of beings should be
treated with equal moral consideration?
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 1 (Tom Regan and Peter
Singer) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Tom Regan and Peter Singer
disagree about the best approach to animal
ethics. What basic things do they agree
about? What do they disagree about? How would
their different views result in different
conclusions about how animals should be
treated? Which of the two do you think gives a
more rationally justifiable approach to
discussing animal ethics and why?
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 1 Peter Singer and
Animal Rights FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Peter Singer argues that
eating meat is speciesism because it involves
sacrificing the most important interests of
members of other species for relatively trivial
interests of our own species. Do you think Singer
is correct or incorrect on this point? Is
"speciesism" a real thing like racism or sexism?
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Drones) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   After
watching the videos Drones are Ethical and
Drones are Not Ethical, provide at least one
argument to show that the use of drones can be
justified by utilitarian reasoning. And one
argument to show that the use of drones cannot be
justified by such reasoning. Complete your post
by identifying which of these arguments you think
is the most compelling, and support your choice
with specific reasons.
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Primary Goal) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   If the
primary goal of utilitarianism is to generate the
greatest good for the greatest number, a
secondary goal is to minimize suffering. Using at
least one quote from one of the required
readings, discuss the ways in which these two
principles are consistent or inconsistent with
each other.
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Singer and Moral
Justification) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Singer argues that there is
no moral justification for denying moral
consideration to animals. Can you think of a good
moral reason why our moral consideration should
include all humans, even those without the
ability to reason, yet be denied to all non-human
animals (some of whom have that ability)?
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Tom Regan) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Tom Regan
says that we all have equal inherent value by
virtue of being experiencing subjects of a
life. What does it mean to be an experiencing
subject of a life? Do you think that being the
subject of a life means that one has equal
inherent value? Does it follow from that view
that animals should be given rights to life and
freedom?
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PHI 208 Week 2 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   PHI 208 Week 2 Quiz 1.
Question According to the video Meet
Your Meat, which of the following is true of how
animals are slaughtered on factory farms 2.
Question In what way does Peter Singer
think that speciesism is similar to racism and
sexism? 3. Question According to
chapter 2 of Understanding Philosophy,
utilitarianism is a form of what broader kind of
ethical theory?
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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Equal Pay for Equal Work) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Applying an
Ethical Theory. Please read these assignment
instructions before writing your paper, and
re-read them often during and after the writing
process to make sure that you are fulfilling all
of the instructions. Please also utilize the
assignment guidance and the outlined model
provided.
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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Gender Equality/Ethics) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Theory. Please read these assignment instructions
before writing your paper, and re-read them often
during and after the writing process to make sure
that you are fulfilling all of the instructions.
Please also utilize the assignment guidance and
the outlined model provided.
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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Just War Military Ethics) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Applying an
Ethical Theory. Please read these assignment
instructions before writing your paper, and
re-read them often during and after the writing
process to make sure that you are fulfilling all
of the instructions. Please also utilize the
assignment guidance and the outlined model
provided. The following short essay assignment is
designed to help prepare you for an important
part of the Final Paper. In this essay, you will
do the following
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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Physician Assisted Suicide Be Legal) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Applying
an Ethical Theory. Please read these assignment
instructions before writing your paper, and
re-read them often during and after the writing
process to make sure that you are fulfilling all
of the instructions. Please also utilize the
assignment guidance and the outlined model
provided.
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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Hero) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Think of
someone real or fictional whom some people regard
as a hero for helping others, stopping
something bad or evil, and so forth, even though
by doing so they violated what would normally be
considered a moral rule (focus on morality don't
simply think of someone who broke the law). For
example, they may have lied, broken a promise,
stolen, harmed someone innocent, or even
murdered, but done so with good intentions
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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Kant Right Action)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   good
will. On this basis, he holds that we can do the
right action but not out of a good will, and
that only actions done from a good will are
morally praiseworthy. Do you agree with Kant?
Provide an example (real or made up) of someone
doing a good thing but out of a motive other than
that of a good will, and give reasons for why you
think Kant is right, or why you think Kant is
wrong that this action lacks moral value.
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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Kants formulations)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   One
of Kants formulations of the Categorical
Imperative says that one should always treat
humanity, whether in oneself or in another,
always as an end and never merely as a means.
Briefly explain what that means. Consider a
specific example from the world of business,
either one that you have directly encountered
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----------------------- PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion
(Morally Permissible to lie) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Is it ever morally
permissible to lie to someone? Describe a
circumstance in which it seems that lying might
make more people happy than telling the truth.
Would lying be the right thing to do in that
circumstance, or is it our moral duty to tell the
truth, even then? Consider what Immanuel Kant
would say, and explain that with reference to
this weeks readings. Then, offer your own
perspective.
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PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz 1.
Question Michael Walzer argues that
in the unique world of war, both morality and
authority are 2. Question
Nagels argument in War and Massacre that
hostility or aggression should be directed at its
true object means that which of the following
would probably not be permissible? 3.
Question In War and Massacre, Thomas Nagel
argues that all rules of engagement should be
governed by the principle that
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Aristotle) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   Aristotle
says that the virtues are necessary for humans to
attain happiness, but he means this in terms of
something we might call flourishing or living
well, which he considers quite different than
simply feeling good. Thus, according to
Aristotle some people might feel that they are
happy, but because they lack the virtues they are
not truly flourishing.
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Aristotles account of
eudaimonia) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Is it possible for
individuals to flourish if others with whom they
are connected are not also flourishing? Consider
this with respect to Aristotles account of
eudaimonia, as well as the other readings and
media. Identify a community or practice in which
you are involved in which the flourishing of the
individual is tied to the flourishing of others.
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Aristotles virtue
ethics) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   An important aspect of
Aristotles virtue ethics is the idea that
virtues are habits that we acquire over time,
and like any habit, virtues affect not just what
we do, but our desires and emotions as well.
Focusing on either Hills article or Robinsons
article, how might this be important when
discussing environmental ethics or military ethics
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (flourishing or
successful life) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   What are two virtues that
you believe are important to living a flourishing
or successful life in either Aristotles sense?
Explain what goods in human life these virtues
enable their possessor to fulfill. Provide
examples of characteristic behavior that
manifests these virtues, and contrast that with
behavior that displays a lack of virtue.
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Impact on the
Environment) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Identify an area of life
that has an impact on the environment (including
non-human animals), and explain how the
possession or lack of virtue may make a
difference to how one conducts oneself within
that practice with respect to that environmental
impact.
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (MacIntyre's account of
practices) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Referring to MacIntyre's
account of practices and virtue, outline a
practice in your own life that you believe
requires certain virtues in order to do well.
Explain what the practice is, what the "internal
goods" of the practice are and how they differ
from certain"external goods" (such as money,
prestige, power, etc.), and attempt to determine
the virtues that one must have in order to excel
in the practice. In other words,
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (virtuous soldier) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com   What
does it mean to be a virtuous soldier? Identify
three virtues that a soldier needs in order to be
an excellent soldier and then explain why.
Create a scenario that a soldier might face
during war or some other stressful event, and
explain what the virtuous soldier would do in the
situation, and which specific virtues the soldier
would demonstrate. Refer to the readings and
media, including Robinsons article, Magnanimity
and Integrity as Military Virtues, where
appropriate.
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• PHI 208 Week 4 Quiz
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• PHI 208 Week 4 Quiz
• 1. Question In Ideals of Human
  Excellence and Preserving Natural Environments,
  Thomas Hill claims that a fruitful way to think
  about the badness of destroying the environment
  is
• Question In the article Magnanimity and
  Integrity as Military Virtues, Robinson agrees
  with Aquinas idea that

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PHI 208 Week 5 Discussion (Condition for men and
women) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com
  Using the readings and media from the week,
explain how society creates different conditions
for men and women. Identify and explain at least
two ways in which society is structured such that
men and women are treated differently and explain
why this treatment is just or unjust.
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PHI 208 Week 5 Discussion (feminist ethical
thinking) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Describe the ethical theory
that you have studied in this course that differs
the most from what you consider to be feminist
ethical thinking. Utilizing the readings and
media from the course, explain specific
components of the theories that demonstrate the
differences between the theory you choose and
feminist theory.
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PHI 208 Week 5 Discussion (Virginia Helds
article) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Using Virginia Helds
article Feminist Transformations of Ethical
Theory as a foundation, explain three things
that you did not know about feminist thought that
you found interesting and/or informative. What
were those things? Why are they interesting or
informative?
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PHI 208 Week 5 Final Paper (Equal Pay for Equal
Work) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phi208rank.com  
Final Paper. Due by Day 7. Please read these
assignment instructions before writing your
paper, and re-read them often during and after
the writing process to make sure that you are
fulfilling all of the instructions. Please also
utilize the assignment guidance and the outlined
model provided.
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PHI 208 Week 5 Final Paper (Gender
Equality/Ethics) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Final Paper. Due by Day 7.
Please read these assignment instructions before
writing your paper, and re-read them often during
and after the writing process to make sure that
you are fulfilling all of the instructions.
Please also utilize the assignment guidance and
the outlined model provided.
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PHI 208 Week 5 Final Paper (Just War Military
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  Final Paper. Due by Day 7. Please read these
assignment instructions before writing your
paper, and re-read them often during and after
the writing process to make sure that you are
fulfilling all of the instructions. Please also
utilize the assignment guidance and the outlined
model provided.
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PHI 208 Week 5 Final Paper (Should Physician
Assisted Suicide Be Legal) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   Final Paper. Due by Day 7.
Please read these assignment instructions before
writing your paper, and re-read them often during
and after the writing process to make sure that
you are fulfilling all of the instructions.
Please also utilize the assignment guidance and
the outlined model provided.
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PHI 208 Week 5 Quiz FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.phi208rank.com   PHI 208 Week 5 Quiz 1.
Question In Feminist Transformation
of Moral Theory, Virginia Held claims that which
abstract concept has guided the development of
Western ethics? 2. Question In
Carol Gilligans example from In a Different
Voice, the child named Amy focuses on which
aspect of the Heinz dilemma? 3. Question
Feminist ethics is based around which of
the following ideas, according to Virginia Held
in Feminist Transformation of Moral Theory?
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