Using the text and online resources in this module, evaluate any video, and respond to one of the following focused questions in at least 500 words. (Be sure to cite online sources by author or title and date as well as Web address/URL.)  In your original responses, be sure to cite primary source quotations […]

First, there is the question of whether we can draw a distinction between healthy and unhealthy sex, and what counts as abnormal, if anything. Second, there is the question of what counts as consent to sex and what standards of proof we should use in judicial contexts to convict people of rape. Here I want […]

  Overview Module 2's discussion questions will focus upon the content of our textbook's Chapter 2: Section 2.0-2.4. Early and continuing participation in these ongoing online "class discussions" is expected throughout the entire duration of each Module. I strongly recommend reading and contributing to these discussions on at least three days a week, every week. […]

  Using the text and online resources in this module, evaluate any video, and respond to one of the following focused questions in at least 500 words. (Be sure to cite online sources by author or title and date as well as Web address/URL.)  In your original responses, be sure to cite primary source quotations […]

First, there is the question of whether we can draw a distinction between healthy and unhealthy sex, and what counts as abnormal, if anything. Second, there is the question of what counts as consent to sex and what standards of proof we should use in judicial contexts to convict people of rape. Here I want […]

  Using the text and online resources in this module, summarize any video, and respond to one of the following focused questions in at least 500 words. (Be sure to cite online sources by author or title and date as well as Web address/URL.) Also, respond to two classmates (at least 100 words). Focused Questions: […]

   Evaluating Tests of General Cognitive Ability Much controversy exists about using tests of general cognitive ability in the workplace to assess an individual’s ability to excel in a particular job. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of using tests of general cognitive ability to determine which individual is best suited for a particular job or […]

  Q1: If virtue is not teachable, can punishment serve its purpose? Why? Q2: Is it consistent with this purpose that we sometimes evade punishment? Why?

 In the Apology, Socrates likens philosophers   to gadflies–the image is of a fly that pesters and bothers a lazy horse.  The idea is that most people need to be reminded and pestered about their faults, limitations, sins, or omissions–otherwise, they will be like the prisoners in the Cave who are not alive to their world.  […]

 In Book 10, we come back to the debate on pleasure. Some people think that pleasure is good but others think it's bad. Eudoxus argues that it is the highest pleasure anyone can experience. Aristotle agrees that it is one of the goods of life but it is not one of the highest ones. Do […]