philosophy

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Realist’s view of a subject-matter curriculum?

Harman, “Moral Relativism Defended,” pp. 35-43 It is simple. Pretty much just talk about the reading, or how you feel about it/what’s your opinion? It is just a discussion.

Please use Rubrics. Purpose the library essay fulfills its purpose of explaining how Rip Van Winkle reflects the emergence of American mythology. The essay contains a complete analysis of the characteristics and explains how these characteristics affect the story and the reader’s experience of the story. The literary essay presents a valid thesis and contains examples of three to four characteristics of stories that participate in the mythology of a nation. The essay identifies the title of the story and the name of the author and presents a thesis in the introductory paragraph, and ends with a concluding paragraph that summarizes the main points or restates the thesis of the essay. The essay uses the present tense when referring to the story. It is written in 3rd person. No slang expressions. Written in a formal style. Each sentence expresses a complete thought. And the essay contains exact words from the story and are punctuated correctly. The title of the story and the name of the author are capitalized correctly.

Over the new few weeks, we will be reading and talking about morals, ethics, and values. For this essay, you will be choosing a social/ethical/moral value that is brought up in an assigned text (see below)(i.e. truth from Plato’s “The Cave”) and thoroughly investigating it.  To do so, you will need to clearly explain how the author represents the value and also define the value for yourself.  Some things you must also address are 1) what would happen if the value were raised to the universal?  (i.e. if everyone were always truthful what would happen? Would society crumble?) 2) Is the value an absolute value or a situational value? (You will want to look ahead to the essay by Appiah to help you consider these questions.) 3) what do you think about this value personally? 4) how does this value apply to society? 5) what are the problems with this value? Be sure that you address the perspective of at least one other author from our assigned readings in our textbook. (For instance, how would Appiah’s work apply to the truth.)  As with all papers for this class, this essay must be 5-6 pages in length, double-spaced, and in MLA format. Papers not submitted in MLA format will be considered plagiarized. Hint: Plato is the author, not Jacobus, and the other editors; be sure this is reflected in the citations. Please submit your papers as RTF documents.  Directions for how to submit as it can be found in essay assignment one.   While I have listed all of the weekly readings in the weekly overviews, I realized that for this first essay assignment, it might be useful for you to have a comprehensive list of readings for the class so that you know what essays you might choose to work from.  I am cutting and pasting the list below. Please let me know if you have any questions. The following is a list of readings you may choose from: Handout: Momaday, “Man-Made of Words Langer, “Language” Rosseau, “The Origin…” Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” Nietzsche, “Morality as…” Appiah, “The Case ….” Machiavelli, “The Qualities…” Marx, “The Communist Manifesto” Tocqueville, “Government by Democracy” Douglass, “from Narrative …”   Note: DO NOT use “language” as a value. Language is something that is useful, that we do place value on; however, it is not a value in the same sense as assigned. Think more in terms of characteristics we strive to embody, things like compassion, generosity, kindness, etc…

Should I respect the point of view of a misogynist – a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women?

Due:                Friday, August 28 by 11:59 p.m. (submit an electronic version of your response, as either a PDF or a Word document, on Blackboard) Format:           no more than 1 page, single-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins (papers over one page will not be graded); header must include: your name, the date, the course code Worth:             2% of final grade   Answer the following question:   Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha, had to leave home to reach enlightenment.  Do you think it’s necessary for a person to leave home to transform their perspective and grow?  Explain briefly why or why not.   Students are required to use gender-neutral language.  For instance, use “human” and “humankind” instead of “man” and “mankind,” and, when appropriate, “she” over “he.”   The purpose of these Reflection Responses is to encourage students to start thinking independently thought, to stay involved with the course, and to keep on top of the readings.     Responses will be graded as Pass or Fail. A passing grade will show independent thought, that the student has read the text, and that they have applied themself.  Incomplete and incoherent responses will fail.  A pass is worth 2% of the student’s final grade; a fail, 0%.

A subjective claim that people might call “a fact”, An objective claim that people might call “an opinion”, What is the difference between a claim that is “objective” and a claim that is “subjective?”, Explain how mislabeling these claims could negatively impact the quality of a person’s thinking. You might try thinking of claims you could hear in a hospital or another work-related environment. If a person has confused objective with subjective or fact with opinion, what is the solution? In addition to your initial post, post two substantive peer responses that demonstrate how you connect to their explanations. Provide thoughts, insight, and analysis of their answers. Your response should extend the dialogue.

Exercise in conjunction with the following readings: See module guide: Donald, D., Lazarus, S. & Moolla, N. (2014). Chapter 3, 8 Landsberg, et al. (2019). Chapter 4.3 – 4.4 Tudge, et al. (2009) Drawing up an asset-based map: – Identify the proximal processes which can be characterized as assets or protective factors with a learner in your classroom you are currently supporting. – Group these factors into those that relate to the learner’s family, school, peer group, and the local community in which the learner grows up (interactive contexts, i.e. bioecological perspective). – What are the physical, socio-emotional, and scholastic problems that the learner is experiencing? – Now that you have drawn up an asset-based map, how will it influence the process of support to the relevant learner? – What did you learn from this exercise?

Exercise in conjunction with the following readings: See module guide: Donald, D., Lazarus, S. & Moolla, N. (2014). Chapter 3, 8 Landsberg, et al. (2019). Chapter 4.3 – 4.4 Tudge, et al. (2009) Drawing up an asset-based map: – Identify the proximal processes which can be characterized as assets or protective factors with a learner in your classroom you are currently supporting. – Group these factors into those that relate to the learner’s family, school, peer group, and the local community in which the learner grows up (interactive contexts, i.e. bioecological perspective). – What are the physical, socio-emotional, and scholastic problems that the learner is experiencing? – Now that you have drawn up an asset-based map, how will it influence the process of support to the relevant learner? – What did you learn from this exercise?

Do women actually exhibit the different forms of ethical reasoning attributed to them? If they do, what is this a consequence of (nature, society, etc.)? Does it affect feminist ethical theories?