Category: philosopy

The Role of Free Will in Human Nature: A Debate on Freewill vs. Determinism

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In order to ‘have’ ethics, however, we must also have free will. This makes sense, right? We can’t blame someone morally if, in fact, that person did not choose the action under consideration. Or is this not the case? What do you think? What role does freewill play in human nature? Do we possess free will? Provide your best argument for or against freewill/determinism.

The Value of Self-Examination: Socrates’ Perspective

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Socrates insists that “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Apology 38a).
What does he mean by this and why does he think it? What kind of examination would he have us engage in? And do you agree with him? Write only 500 words. Use your word allotment wisely, i.e. be concise. Cite the pre-Socratics fragments and Plato’s text in order to substantiate your claims.

 

 

The current economy has taken a toll on the healthcare industry

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The current economy has taken a toll on the healthcare industry and is damaging lives. Individuals are making decisions to either eat or purchase medication for acute or chronic diseases. More and more families are facing layoffs or cut backs in working hours. President Biden has offered Congress a healthcare plan however, it is meeting much resistance and acceptance.
Answer the following questions:
What would you as an uninsured consumer request in a health plan?
List three issues and explain why.

 

 

Ethical perspective

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Review the following scenario:
Imagine that individuals within the community action group are meeting to share the social issue they have chosen and the ethical perspective they might use as they consider solutions. Some tensions have popped up in the action group. Your community action small group consists of five people. Two members of the group are highly engaged and seem to work well together. One member of the group, however, is controlling and wants to push their ideas and perspectives on other members of the group. Another member of the group is going through some difficult personal challenges and is not able to participate as much as he would like. Finally, one male team member keeps interrupting a female team member when she shares ideas with the rest of the group.
Part 1
Identify how someone with each ethical perspective listed in the first column would approach the group and individual members in this scenario by answering the questions in the remaining columns.
Ethical Perspective: Deontology (Ethics of Duty)
Based on this ethical perspective, what are the needs of the group in the scenario?
How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the controlling group member?
How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the group member dealing with personal challenges? How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the male group member that keeps interrupting the female team member?
Ethical Perspective:Rights Ethics
Based on this ethical perspective, what are the needs of the group in the scenario?
How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the controlling group member?
How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the group member dealing with personal challenges? How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the male group member that keeps interrupting the female team member?
Ethical Perspective: Ethical Egoism
Based on this ethical perspective, what are the needs of the group in the scenario?
How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the controlling group member?
How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the group member dealing with personal challenges? How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the male group member that keeps interrupting the female team member?
Ethical Perspective: Utilitarianism

Based on this ethical perspective, what are the needs of the group in the scenario?
How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the controlling group member?
How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the group member dealing with personal challenges? How would someone with this ethical perspective perceive and address the male group member that keeps interrupting the female team member?

Part 2
Write a 350- to 700-word analysis of the ways the ethical perspectives presented can impact real-world scenarios, particularly in the workplace:
• Explain how the different ethical perspectives work in real-world scenarios.
• Briefly describe a situation that has happened in your life or that you are familiar with where you experienced or were told about these ethical perspectives.
o In this situation, explain how the needs of the individual can be balanced with the needs of the larger group.
• Explain the benefits, as well as any downfalls, of these ethical perspectives.

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

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Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn’t easy, but can we avoid doing so?

If everybody has self-interest in their own welfare and safety, then everybody also has self-interest in the welfare and safety of others. Self-interest involves community interest, and we must think about what we are willing to give up in order to get that safety and stability for ourselves, our families, our community, our nation, and even the world.

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are just two examples of social contract moralists. Locke’s philosophy helped Thomas Jefferson formulate the United States Declaration of Independence. We are interested in what it means to live together in an orderly way under a social contract.

For the initial post, address one of the following sets of questions:

What is a time when you or someone you know of experienced a conflict between duty to self and loyalty to the community? What would logical reasoning say should be done in that case? Why that? What would an Ethical Egoist say to do? Why would they say to do that? Note what you feel is the best course of action.
What is a time when you or someone you know experienced a clash between professional duties and familial duties? Reference a professional code such as that of the American Nurses Association or American Bar Association in explaining the clash. What moral values should have been used in that case? Why those values? What would social contract ethics have said to have done? Why would social contract ethics say that? Note what you feel is the best course of action.
Articulate and evaluate a time when you or someone you know saw personal obligations collide with national obligations. How did that tension involve differing positions on a moral debate? Did those positions rely on any key moral theories? If so, how so? If not, why not? Note what you feel is the best course of action.