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What is the influence of Romanticism on today's culture?

According to James Rachels, what lessons can be learned from cultural relativism?

What are the differences between John Locke's and Rousseau's philosophies?

Compare and contrast the Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle with Confucius in China and the Buddha in South Asia. What was similar and what was different in their proposals for creating a better world?

Explain Lugones’s notion of "world"-traveling and its relevance to "loving perception."

Explain Aristotle’s conception of moral virtue. Also explain why, for example, courage is a virtue and why murder, adultery, and theft are morally impermissible according to his theory (consider that for Aristotle, moral virtue involves a hypothetical mean in emotions and actions).

What is the main idea of the social contract?

What was the major difference between ancient Greek and medieval philosophy?

What does it mean if someone doodles many eyes on a single sheet of paper without realizing what they drew?

How do Plato and Aristotle define the good?

What are some examples of redemption in literature?

How does philosophy affect ethical issues? 

What is the relationship between thinking and language?

Plato or Aristotle: whose philosophy makes the most sense? Both Plato and Aristotle knew each other, and both came up with radically different philosophies to explain the world. Convince me which one you agree with and why.

Compare and contrast the philosophical positions of the pre-Socratics, the sophists, Socrates, and Plato.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of believing something without first examining it? Many philosophers insist that our most strongly held beliefs should be examined and critically evaluated. Many people believe certain things without giving those beliefs critical scrutiny. However, there are some beliefs worth defending.

How can a person use their thinking skills to find their purpose in life? How can a person use their thiking skills to find their purpose in life?

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Is it morally permissible to believe in God just because it is to your practical advantage to believe? Why or why not?

According to St. Augustine in his Confessions, what are the sins of infancy? At what age is a person capable of sinning? What are the carnal corruptions St. Augustine talks about? According to St. Augustine, what was the worst part of his own act? What is the symbolic meaning of the garden in St. Augustine's description of his conversion?

What does Socrates mean by this statement? "When my sons grow up, visit them with punishment, my friends, and vex them in the same way that I have vexed you if them seem to you to care for riches or for anything other than virtue"

What is Rousseau's idea of a social contract?  

What do you think Russell means when he says, all acquisitions of knowledge is an enlargement of the self and do you think he is right

What is a “decentered subject”?

"A life without challenge and risk is not worth living". Do you agree? Explain.

What is a summary of Anselm and Gaunilo's argument?

Compare and contrast Enlightenment ideals with the ideals of Romanticism.

The Lifeboat: You are the captain, and your ship struck an iceberg and sank. There are thirty survivors, but they are crowded into a lifeboat designed to hold just seven. With the weather stormy and getting worse, it is obvious that many of the passengers will have to be thrown out of the lifeboat, or it will sink and everyone will drown. Will you have people thrown over the side? If so, on what basis will you decide who will go? Age? Health? Strength? Gender? Size? After thinking carefully about the situation, describe the decision that you would make in this situation and explain why. Identify the moral value(s) or principle(s) on which you based your decision. Based on this analysis, describe your general conclusions about your own moral compass.

What is the importance of philosophy in your life and how do you apply it at work, such as in occupational therapy? explaination

Is good a more powerful force than evil in the modern world?

What is the difference between substance dualism and property dualism?  Which position adequately defends dualism, and why?

What is the foundation of your life?

What is dialectic philosophy?

How are Plato and Francis Bacon different when it comes to human knowledge?

The works of Confucius, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are important within the history of philosophy. How do their teachings compare? Provide examples.

What are major differences between Socrates's and Plato’s philosophy?

What is the concept of Tabula Rasa?

What does the term "moral complacency" mean?

How did the views of the French philosophers compare with those of the Greek philosophers?

What might the terms "hero" and "saint" mean?  Compare and contrast the hero and the saint, providing examples of each view of life. Are these metaphors "ideal types" that serve as fundamentally distinct ways of living personally and in society (that is, must we choose between them)?

What is cultural relativism, and what are its advantages and disadvantages?

How would you characterize the discipline of philosophy? Introduction to Philosophy - Classiscal and Contemporary Readings (Fourth Edition)

What are the similarities and differences between Empedocles', Epicurus's, and Aristotle's views on the possibility and nature of change?

Define philosophy and explain its importance in education. Also explain how education and philosophy are interrelated.

What makes an act good or bad, right or wrong, just or unjust?

In "Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response," why does Prinz think that appeal to human nature is not sufficient grounds for moral objectivity (as opposed to relativism)? In the video lecture "Living with Relativism," explain Prinz’s criticism of relativists who attempt to force their ways on others.

Ethics is probably the most difficult concept to define. Justify this statement.

Do right and wrong truly exist, or is EVERYTHING a matter of one's personal opinion?

What was Sir Francis Bacon's idea of 'induction'  as a scientific method?

What's the difference between moral relativism and moral absolutism?