philosophy

This is the prompt. The ideal (aka best) polis constructed by Socrates and Glaucon is considerably different than our society. How is it different? Why isn’t the best polis democratic? Specifically, what problems are supposed to plague democratic societies according to Socrates?

What is different and what is the same about King’s historical context and today?

Are we stuck into our own mental maps? Or we are not? Please elaborate on our epistemological faculties. Do we really can know something? What can we know and how? Support your position with philosophical arguments and/or scientific evidences.Essays must be structured as follows:- Page 1: Name, Surname, Title of the Essay, The Outline (Table of Content)- Page 2 and everything after: Introduction, Part 1, Part 2 or more (if needed) strictly according to the Outline, Conclusion- Last page: References (APA style).- In the essay you should title each relevant part of your text according to the titles in your Outline (Table of Content). Deadline for submission of the Midterm Expository Essays is April 11 before 23:59 Baku time. If the paper is submitted later, then 50 pointswill be deducted from the grade for this paper (as a penalty for not meeting the deadline).(iii) Required number of words: 1000 (minimum) – 1400 (maximum). These limits include only the text of your essay itself. These limits do not include your name, surname, section number, title of the discipline, title of your essay, outline, references, etc. Please be accurate.(iv) Requirements to the text: Font – Arial, Size – 12, Spacing – 1.5.(v) Essays must be supported by the APA style academic references.(vi) Academic references in case of books (hard copies and PDF format) should include: Author/s’ complete Name/s and Surname/s, Year of publication, Publishing house, Total number of pages in this particular edition of the book (which you used), Exact pages from which certain sentences or ideas were used in your essay.(vii) Academic references in case of articles should include: Complete name of the Journal, Year, Date and Number of this Journal’s issue, Total number of pages in this particular article, Exact pages from which certain sentences or ideas were used in your essay.(viii) Academic references in case of online resources should include working (not dead) links, preferably the links from two peer-reviewed internet sources which you can find at the end of the Syllabus. You are strongly advised not to use other – non-reliable – internet sources. All the links must be available (not dead) for double-checking.(ix) All Essays will be double-checked for plagiarism, so please be attentive while writing and with using quotes and/or fragments from other people’s texts. 1% of plagiarism will be equal to 1 lost point out of 100. Essays must be supported by academic references.

How would you defend the values of Christianity against Nietzsche’s criticism? Briefly summarize Nietzsche’s view and present arguments against it.

For your final exam, let’s try a new issue: the ethics around climate change.https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/ethics-and-global-climate-change-84226631/#:~:text=Any%20action%20on%20climate%20change,and%20the%20rest%20of%20nature.&text=Climate%20change%20is%20one%20of,issues%20facing%20the%20world%20today.The article above is just an introduction. Find your own (scholarly) article via the MDC library databases and use it as a guide.Then discuss the issues via all six ethical theories we have studied.

The paper should be 4-6 pages double spaced size 12 font in Times New Roman. You are to pick one of the reading from the classExample:  Descartes Meditations or Aquinas’ Cosmological argumentetc. It can be from any section that we covered in the class. You will then brieflywrite on what the specific Philosophers position exactly is in their paper. What are they saying and what is their reasoning etc? Then the bulk of the paperwill be you giving me what you think are the flaws and strengths of the argument. Lastly you will give me some of your own thought with reasons backing it up to why you think the position in the paper is great, good or just plane wrong. The paper topic leaves a great deal up to you on what you want to do.Between the textbook, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy  and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy You should have plenty of Sources for your paper. Make sure you cite your sources whenever you paraphrase someone else or quote someone else.

It is common to hear spokespersons and other officials send “thoughts and prayers” to victims and victims’ families in the wake of natural or human-caused disasters. While this sentiment is often appreciated as an expression of condolence, it has also been criticized as “slacktivism” (slacker + activism)—a minimal act that is performed in place of other available concrete actions that could help those directly affected by the situation.In this essay, first describe an example of a natural or human-caused disaster occurring in the current calendar year (2021) that has received attention in the news. (Upon introducing the example, provide a footnote with a link to an online summary of the event). Describe how this example is an illustration of what philosophers of religion call “the problem of evil.” Quote and give page citations from Daniel Howard-Snyder’s text in RPR in describing this problem. (250-500 words)Next, describe the role that petitionary prayer  could play as a response to this disaster. Quote and give page citations from Eleonore Stump’s text in RPR (You should draw on the “Friendship and Prayer” and/or “Summary, Review and Conclusion” sections of her essay. The argument presented earlier in her essay for the conclusion, “Petitionary prayer is pointless” is not applicable.) (250-500 words)Finally, give your own conclusions about this matter. Does your chosen example demonstrate the implausibility of the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent God? What role do you think petitionary prayer (or any sort of prayer) should play as a response to this disaster? What, if anything else, should be done by those aware of the disaster? (250-500 words)Please organize your work in numbered and titled sections, exactly as follows: §1 A Contemporary Example of the Problem of Evil §2 Petitionary Prayer and the Problem of Evil §3 My ConclusionsThis assignment is aimed at gauging skills in philosophical analysis and clarity of written expression. Review “Tips for Writing” on Blackboard to avoid common errors.Please do not include a cover page, a general introduction paragraph, or a bibliography.

Write a paper (about 1,500 wc, double-spaced). Select just one of the following two paper topic options.Plato’s Republic: Create an original thesis on some topic, issue, theme, or problem that you find worthy of research. Be clear about the topic and your thesis at the start of the paper. Stay grounded in the text. Be precise about Plato’s claims and commitments. Be precise about your argument in support of your thesis. Respond to the strongest objections to your thesis.Plato distinguishes three parts of the soul in Bk. IV and three parts of appetite in Bk. VIII. What is the principle of opposition? How does the principle of opposition function to distinguish three parts of the soul? Why three parts, not fewer or more? Do you think that there should be more than three parts or fewer than three parts? What are the characteristics of each of the three parts of the soul? Do you agree that the spirited part is a third part? What is the difference between his arguments to distinguish the three parts of the soul from his arguments to distinguish the three parts of appetite? Do you agree that there are three parts of the soul and three parts of appetite? Why or why not.

Read “God and Black Theology,”  downloadby James H. Cone. Do research on your own to learn about Cone and be prepared to answer questions about him if asked. Your submission should be at least 800 words long.First, outline the argument of the subsection entitled “Liberation and Black Theology” (pp. 407-409). Summarize its conclusion in one sentence and each of the supporting premises in a sentence. If a premise is implied, label it as such. For example:Conclusion: Your sentence summarizing the conclusion goes here.Premise 1: Your sentence summarizing the premise goes here.Premise 2: Another summarized premise goes here, adding additional premises as needed.Premise 3: (implied) If you find an implied premise, label it as such and then summarize it. Second, respond to the following questions:What is the main purpose of the essay?What is the most important information in this essay? What are the key concepts for understanding the essay?What does Cone mean by the term “liberation”?Cone argues that “God cannot be both for us and for white oppressors at the same time.” What are his reasons for this claim, and what is your assessment of his reasoning?Throughout the essay, Cone uses the terms “blackness” and “whiteness.” What does he mean by those terms, and to what extent do you agree with his conceptualization of them? If God exists, do you agree with Cone that God is black? Why or why not?

There are other topics to choose from :1.    The Political and Spiritual Dimensions of History: How Does Hegel Bring Them Together?2.  Freedom, Mental Transformation and Moral Perfection in Hegel’s Conception of History.The work is to be based on the Book “The Philosophy of History” by  G.W.F. HegelProper references to the Book (with indication of the pages quoted) are essential.PLAGIARISM is totally unacceptable.Essay length to be between 1200-1500 words