FOUR essays
This FINAL consists of FOUR essays
TO GET PROPER CREDIT YOU MUST:
1. Name your file: Final Last Name, i.e. Final Jones
2. Put your name on the actual document you are submitting.
3. Write out and answer the questions. Check all spelling and grammar in MLA format.
4. Cite all sources, direct quotes or indirect ideas using elliptic giving author AND page numbers, i.e. (Soccio 26). Failure here could result in a 0%!
5. Include a Works Cited page at the end.
6. Make sure you submit the work in Turn It In in a single Word document in doc. or docx. or richtext format.
7. Each essay is between 250-400 words. Extensive quotes do not count toward this. If you cannot answer a question in these parameters, use another question. Minimum word count DOES NOT insure an excellent grade.
1-Do you have any reason to believe that you are not being systematically deceived by an evil genius, right at this moment? Does it matter whether you are being deceived or not? Explain your answer.
2-How should we treat humanity, according to Kant? What does this mean in practice? What arguments does he give for this view? Do you find them persuasive, or not? If not, do you think that better arguments can be developed in support of his view, or do you think that we should reject it? Justify your answer in each case.
3-What are the similarities and differences between the utilitarian focus on happiness and Aristotle’s focus on eudaimonia?
4-In what way is Nietzsche a modern philosopher, in the sense of “modern” outlined in this chapter? In what way does he reject modernity?
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