Explain how the supreme court goes about making decisions, including what the rule of 4 is and how it is applied? Question 2) List and explain at least 3 of the major functions of congress? Question 3) Explain, in detail, the process of impeachment and provide at least 2 historical examples of its occurrence? Question […]

Spirituality Personality and Faith Discussion Discuss the role spirituality and religion have in your life?  How has your cultural background affected your faith? Do you think there is a link between spirituality and personality? Discuss the above video. 

The Implementation of The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Discussion While there are unquestionable pluses to sex-offender registration, there can be adverse impacts to the registrants; possibly beyond the scope contemplated when the legislation was enacted. Robert E. Freeman-Longo has researched the area extensively. Access the American Probation and Parole Association Web site at http://www.appa-net.org/resources/pubs/docs/revisitingmegan.pdf, […]

Neolithic vs Paleolithic Figurative Representation Discussion In the textbook, a criterion of intentional manipulation emphasizes that an object for its classified qualification as art is essential. Why such measures, and how would you qualify a thing like Pebble resembling a face, Makapansgat as art? How is it that in the Paleolithic period, the human figurative […]

Find a news event that relates to your LEDC and MEDC.  You will connect that to a Sustainable Development Goal that can be useful for that country. For example, if your goal is peace and justice, find something related to injustice within a country.        You can use the same current news from […]

What makes your life worth living? In 1-2 pages, explain your idea of what makes life meaningful and compare/contrast your view with Socrates’ idea that philosophy makes life worth living. Your discussion post should address the following:   Your own ideas about what makes life worth living   The difference between philosophy and sophistry   […]

Imagine you could go back in time and give your childhood self a letter in which you explain your current view of the good and ethical life. Write a 3-4 page letter to your childhood self explaining your view of the Good in which you:   Identify at least one philosopher who might agree with […]

Social identity and Justice Imagine that you have been given a piece of sovereign land upon which to build a just society. In a 3-4-page paper, discuss the following:   Identify and explain your definition of justice.   Identify and discuss the social philosophy/philosophies that are similar to your own vision of justice. For example, […]

This Project Assignment picks up the discussion of truth in the Week 3 Discussion by asking you to compare and contrast the modern and postmodern approaches to truth and art. In a 3-4 page paper, discuss the following:   Explain the idea that art represents reality by discussing Plato and/or Aristotle’s view of art. Discuss […]

This 3-4 page Project Assignment picks up the discussion of the self in the week 2 discussion by asking you to further explore the question of who you are. If any of the philosophers we read this session might agree with your view, identify the philosopher and explain their position on the self. If any […]