Words are powerful. While they have literal and “dictionary” meanings, they can be used in ways to influence and persuade people. They can be quick “shortcuts” that impede critical thinking. Certainly this is seen in all forms of political dialog. However, it can also be seen in professional and personal settings as well. The use […]
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For this assignment, watch the film I have mentioned in class titled Waking Life.
After watching the film, answer the following in a one-page paper and submit it to this dropbox: https://youtu.be/7Wi_E27J97s What is happening to the main character in the movie? The different conversations and happenings in this movie are understood as ‘chapters.’ Describe the chapter that stood out to you the most in the movie. What happens […]
using government (tax) incentives to lure Amazon to Charlotte
Please use the following link and research others and discuss the ethics of using government (tax) incentives to lure Amazon to Charlotte or any city. What you think: 1. Is this ethical 2. As a government offical, would you seek the HQ and offer millions of dollars in tax incentives and other breaks 3. Did […]
The Media Giving Out The Wrong Information
I think I am going the wrong way with this paper. It seems like my sources are pointing towards what the police situations of how criminals/suspects are taken in. I need a paper that has more sources that are geared towards what the media does and how it handles how the wrong people are being […]
Ethics
Discussion The attached ethicists discuss gun in conjunction with self-defense, yet come to different conclusions. Does the right to self-defense give you a right to own a gun? If so, can this right be overridden? Use arguments from the attached readings. Utilize only attached readings for citing.
Adapt – Order – Deal
Pick one or more of the following; ADAPT, ORDER or DEAL concepts from chapter 1. Write a one-page (double spaced) paper discussing and describing the concept or concepts of your choice. You may use definitions or scenarios in your writing. The goal of this paper is to gain a level of understanding of the concepts […]
philosophy
s the Turing Test Too Weak?Recall that the Turing Test is predicated on the proposition that The perfect imitation of intelligence is intelligence. The trouble, as the otherwise odious Nathan correctly points out in the film Ex Machina, is proving artificial intelligence. Caleb describes this as the ‘chess challenge’: Does the chess-playing computer know that […]
TOK bias outline
** Things to include and fix IN THE OUTLINE: 1. Paragraph 1&2 same AOK natural sciences2. Paragraph 3&4 same AOK- undecided 3. MAKE SURE THE SAME TYPE BIAS IS USED IN EACH AOK IS THE SAME (paragraphs : 1&2, 3&4) IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE COMPARABLE. 4. In the introduction, Identify how the knowledge […]
What is Plato’s underlying attitude towards the body in this dialogue as you see it? What essentially is the human being for Plato as you can gather from this dialogue? is he correct in this? why or why not?
In the Phaedo Socrates is preparing for his death and consoling his friends that death is not a bad thing. There are echoes of the end of the Apology here. Much of the dialogue deals with arguments for the survival of the soul after death. We have already seen in the Meno the famous argument […]
What is the overall topic of the Meno? and how is it relevant to the Athenians or to us for that matter?
At the end of the Meno (around 100b) Socrates says that if Meno can convince Anytus of the things they have concluded in the dialogue he will provide a benefit to the Athenians. Given the background of the Apology what do you think Socrates means by this. What is the overall topic of the Meno? […]