Category: Contemporary Ethical Issues

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ!!!! PLEASE WATCH VIDEO!! PLEASE WATCH VIDEO!!! You wil PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ!!!! PLEASE WATCH VIDEO!! PLEASE WATCH VIDEO!!! You will watch a 20-minute video and read an article. In total, you should write (at least a) 3-page double-spaced summary/commentary that covers both the article and the video. I imagine, maybe, a…

Write a 1000-word argumentative essay on a subject of your choice based on one o Write a 1000-word argumentative essay on a subject of your choice based on one of the topics in the course. There are two different ways to write this essay. Choose only ONE. Impotant!!: The Topic is (Free Speech and its Limits), read…

VIDEO 1: https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_and_rebecca_newberger_goldstein VIDEO 1: https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_and_rebecca_newberger_goldstein_the_long_reach_of_reason  This video features the prominent psychologist Steven Pinker and his philosopher wife Rebecca Goldstein. You may need to read the transcript or watch it more than once, but the big picture is quite simple. It turns out our modern day human society is vastly less violent than it used to be–for…

Moral Theory and Applied Ethics: Do you think a doctor could omit to give antibi Moral Theory and Applied Ethics: Do you think a doctor could omit to give antibiotics to a disabled child and plead that s/he foresaw the death but did not intend it? Give two examples — one in which euthanasia is the motive,…

Technology and Ethics: Discuss the relationship between Marshall McLuhan’s tetra Technology and Ethics: Discuss the relationship between Marshall McLuhan’s tetrad and the analysis of digital industrialism articulated by Douglas Rushkoff in his book Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus. Does the example of Fairphone demonstrate how Rushkoff’s ideal of “digital distributism” for business is possible? For more information:

Moral Theory and Applied Ethics: Do you think a doctor could omit to give antibi Moral Theory and Applied Ethics: Do you think a doctor could omit to give antibiotics to a disabled child and plead that s/he foresaw the death but did not intend it? Give two examples — one in which euthanasia is the motive,…