ethics mod8

  Nietzsche's Challenge A challenge to what?   To say why he is wrong! To show that there is more to “ethics” than he thinks. Defend the idea of duty! Or the requirement about the happiness of others! Or that being a noble person is in the...

mod7ethics

  Laurence Blum argues that the special evil of racism lies in its historical tie to the “social and systematic horrors” of slavery, apartheid, Nazism, etc., in 2 ways: 1. The fact of that connection 2. Because present racism reminds us of that...

ethicsmod6

  Here again is the Basic Problem of Evil: 1. If God is omnipotent, then God is able to prevent evil 2. If God is omnibenevolent, then God wants to prevent evil 3. If God is omniscient, then God knows how to prevent evil. 4. If a 3 "O" God...

Ethics mod5

To be or not to be…a determinist. Now that you’ve had a chance to think about determinism, what do you think? Is it a persuasive theory – why or why not? In this discussion board, please answer this question by arguing why the mind IS reducible to...