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Write an essay that makes an original argument by advancing a series of related and substantiated claims in response to the prompt:
How do Hobbes and Cronon differently present nature as a construction?
The essay must range between 1,500 and 1,800 words, divided into coherent paragraphs.
Write a 500+ word paper on the following topic:
Evaluate Utilitarianism in terms of what you think is right (if anything) about it and what you think is wrong (if anything) about it.
Evaluate the theory of Categorical Imperative in terms of what you think is right (if anything) about it and what you think is wrong (if anything) about it.
Conclude by describing how either, both, or neither fits into your personal life.
Be specific and give examples, using at least two outside references, to buttress your argument. Cite all sources in APA format.
Prompt
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
List three cultures or subcultures you identify strongly with, and rank them from most to least significant in your life. These can be national, ethnic, religious, and they can include subcultures or groups related to your personal interests.
Identify one representative object from the humanities for each of the cultures or subcultures you identify with.
Explain how the cultural object reflects the culture in which it exists. Consider which aspects of culture have relevance for each object: politics, history, religion, social perceptions, technology, media, education, and so on.
Prompt
Craft your answer with the considerations below. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Choose two cultural works that catch your attention. Identify the name of each cultural work and describe why you chose each one. Share a link for each.
Compare your chosen works. How do you think each cultural work reflects its time period? Point to specific details that you see to relate them to elements of culture, such as what is valuable or meaningful to a group of people or what elements reflect history, beliefs, experiences, or other effects of culture.
Now state a question about key aspects of human culture in relation to one of the cultural works selected. For example, what does a specific urn tell us about the nature of death?
Then, briefly explain how you might go about doing research to find an answer to your question. For example, what keywords might you use in your search, where might you begin your research, or whom might you consult ?
Prompt
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Select a cultural work from the world around you, one with cultural or historical interest, and briefly describe it in your submission. This cultural work should meet the following conditions:
It can take any form and be from any physical modality (visual, aural, tactile, and so on).
It should be a form of expression that you might encounter any day, which intrigues you and makes you want to know more about it.
It must be a specific work; for example, instead of choosing the American flag, you might elect to analyze the flag at the capitol building in Washington, DC.
It should be artificial in nature, with aesthetic design elements.
After choosing a cultural work to evaluate, answer the following questions:
What characteristics or elements of the work stand out to you?
What do you think the creator intended to express?
Were they successful?
Next, select a cultural work that meets the conditions above but is from a culture unfamiliar to you. Reflect on the value or meaning of studying cultural works from different cultures.
Evaluate the impact of diversity in the study of the humanities by considering the following:
How does looking through the lens of the humanities affect your understanding of diverse cultural works and the reasons for their creation?
How could learning more about cultural works from other cultures equip you with skills or new perspectives for experiences in your life (work, community, family, and so on)?
In this week’s discussion, we are exploring cultural works and their value. Think of an object from the world around you that has a particular meaning or personal value to share with the class, one that holds particular significance. It can be a song, a dance performance, a painting, a figurine, a meme, and so on. It can be any work that has historical or cultural value. This cultural work does not have to be the same as the one you are proposing for this week’s milestone.
Create one initial post and follow up with at least two response posts.
For your initial post, address the following in a few paragraphs:
Identify the creator of the work, if known, and describe what cultural events you think influenced the artist to create this work.
Pick one or two characteristics that move you the most.
Describe how these characteristics affect your experience and led you to interpret the cultural work the way you did.
When you explore the concept of cultural works, you realize that you use, create, and observe cultural works in your everyday life without thinking much about it. In this discussion, you will analyze a cultural work from your daily life.
First, choose a modern-day cultural work from one of the following categories, one that is different from the one you selected in the Module Two discussion:
A TV show episode, movie, podcast, or song of your choice (for example: the song “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, the movie Get Out, or an episode of the series Game of Thrones)
A painting, photograph, image from a social media post, or another work of art (for example: graffiti by the artist Banksy)
A brand, logo, or mascot (for example: Disney or the Nike “swoosh”)
Prompt
Respond to the questions below in a few paragraphs. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Describe the monument selected.
Explain the original intentions behind the monument selected and how later interpretations changed the meaning and cultural understandings.
Reflect on what you learned in the Resources section articles and compare your own interpretation or understanding of the monument selected with the intent of authors whose interpretations you chose to evaluate.
Prompt
Given the cultural work you have selected in Module Two, take time to work on the following:
Thinking of the work selected, explore how acts of creative expression impact, and are impacted by, the people and situations surrounding them.
State questions about the relationship between culture and expression.
State questions about your values and how they are shaped by the expression of others.
Determine how you would go about answering the questions posed.
In 500 years, what do you think would be the impact of this cultural work?
What is the impact today?
What is the value of this cultural work in culture today? Give some examples.