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PHI 208 Entire Course ( 4 Papers for each
Assignment, 2 Finals DQs Quiz) For more
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Tutorial contains 4 Papers for each Assignment,
many DQs for each Week, Two Final Exam  
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PHI 208 Final Exam 50 Questions (2 Set) For
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This Tutorial contains 2 Set of Final Exam (50
Question each)  
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PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions
(Equal Pay for Equal Work) For more course
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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
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PHI 208 Week 1 Assignment Ethical Questions
(Gender Equality/Ethics) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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 course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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
(Physician Assisted Suicide Be Legal) For more
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cal 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 provide
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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (argument against
relativism) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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.  What are some
relativistic beliefs you
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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (Mary Midgley and
James) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   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
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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. 
Discuss with others the idea that morality is
inherent and based on universal principles or
virtues versus the idea that ethics is
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PHI 208 Week 1 Discussion (Slavery) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Slav
ery 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. There are many holy
men in the Bible who
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PHI 208 Week 1 Quiz For more course tutorials
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Quiz     1.         Question         In Active
and Passive Euthanasia, Rachels claims that when
infants with Downs syndrome are denied necessary
operations, the reason is typically
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion (Understanding
Philosophy) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 1 (basic principle of
equality) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 1 (Tom Regan and Peter
Singer) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.com   Tom Regan and Peter
Singer disagree about the best approach to animal
ethics. What basic things do they agree about?  
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 1 Peter Singer and
Animal Rights For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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? Why or why not?
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Drones) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Afte
r 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.
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Primary Goal) For
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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. If you think they
are consistent, provide a real or imagined
example that illustrates this consistency. If you
think they are inconsistent, provide a real or
imagined example that illustrates this
inconsistency. Complete your post by discussing
whether minimizing suffering is
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Singer and Moral
Justification) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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)? What
response might he have to your way of drawing the
line between the types of beings that should get
moral consideration and those that should not?
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PHI 208 Week 2 Discussion 2 (Tom Regan) For
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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 course tutorials
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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
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ying 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. Overview
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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Gender Equality/Ethics) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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 (Just War Military Ethics) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Appl
ying 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. Overview
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PHI 208 Week 3 Assignment Applying an Ethical
Theory (Physician Assisted Suicide Be Legal)
For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.
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. Overview
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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Hero) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Thin
k 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.
(Note this last part is crucial make sure you
explain what it was that they did that would
otherwise be morally
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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Kant Right Action)
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com   Kant famously states that the only thing
good without qualification is a 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.  Discuss the
importance of the will and how one can attempt to
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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Kants formulations)
For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.
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 or
one you heard or read about, in which a company
honored this principle, and consider another
example in which a company failed to honor this
principle.  Be sure to clearly explain your
examples with respect to Kants theory, and refer
to the other
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PHI 208 Week 3 Discussion (Morally Permissible to
lie) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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.  If you agree with Kant, consider
and respond to an objection to his view.  If you
disagree with Kant, explain why.  Discuss the
positive and negative aspects of
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PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz For more course tutorials
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Quiz    
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Aristotle) For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Aris
totle 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
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Aristotles account of
eudaimonia) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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. 
Does this require that we limit certain rights
pertaining to the individual (for instance, the
right to free speech or to pursue monetary gain),
in ord
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Aristotles virtue
ethics) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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 (focus your discussion on just one of
those, but feel free to discuss the other in
reply to other peoples posts)?
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (flourishing or
successful life) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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.  Do your examples confirm Aristotles
view that a virtue is a mean between extremes of
excess and defect?  If so, explain what those
extremes are if not, explain why.  Refer to this
weeks readings and media to
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (Impact on the
Environment) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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. In other words, when it comes to our
relation to the environment, what attitudes and
behaviors would be characteristic of a virtuous
person, and what attitudes and behaviors may be
characteristic of a
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (MacIntyre's account of
practices) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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, what
are virtues that
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PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (virtuous soldier)
For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.
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 For more course tutorials
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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
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PHI 208 Week 5 Discussion (Condition for men and
women) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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
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PHI 208 Week 5 Discussion (feminist ethical
thinking) For more course tutorials
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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 course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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?  How do they
relate to the view that you now hold of ethics
and how one can live a good life?  Explain why
you do or do not think that
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PHI 208 Week 5 Final Paper (Equal Pay for Equal
Work) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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 course tutorials
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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
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PHI 208 Week 5 Final Paper (Just War Military
Ethics) For more course tutorials
visit www.tutorialrank.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. Overview
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PHI 208 Week 5 Final Paper (Should Physician
Assisted Suicide Be Legal) For more course
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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 course tutorials
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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
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