Description Part of learning about argumentation involves learning how to respond to objections made against ones reasoning as well as learning how to evaluate author responses to objections. Author responses to objections should always be (1) relevant to the objection, (2) plausible, and (3) consistent with what the author claims/defends elsewhere. For an author’s response…
Description This week’s videos describe a few of ways that one might attempt to argue for the claims that, (a) US citizens are morally obligated to help another nation’s adults and/or children by allowing them entry into the US. (b) US citizens are not morally obligated to help another nation’s adults and/or children by allowing…
Description 1) Search the internet, books, etc., for a passage, sound/video-bite, etc., that contains a moral/ethical argument. (2) Quote the passage, sound/video-bite in full. For example, if you want to use an argument that appears within a lengthy youtube video, then you need only quote the part of the video containing the argument and include…
Description RESPOND TO JUST STUDENT PARAGRAPGH First of all i think this a really interesting topic, and has many many topics and conversation to be taken place. This is one of those topics where the public might be split 50/50. Getting into this topic when i first read it, and take into consideration the Trolley…
Question Description I’m working on a ethnic studies discussion question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn. Now that we are familiar with consequentialism, its core moral/ethical imperative to “Always do the best for the most!”, its values/disvalues, etc., we can consider an interesting set of questions. 1) Should driverless cars be…
Description 1) The side of the transgender high school athletes debate that seems to have the maximal amount of “respect for persons” is the one that doesn’t allow transgenders on female teams. Just because it will show respect for more people will not make it the best choice, because transgenders are not only men to…
Description RESPOND TO STUDENT PARAGRAPH : I wouldn’t say i completely share views with them, but i can sure see where they are coming from. I would say the system we have in my opinion doesn’t truly matter, its comes down to the individuals parents, their actions and decisions. The system can only save an…
Description 1) I will discuss Marquis’ analogy and its associated reasoning. 2) The majority of abortions, according to Marquis, are unethical because killing is wrong rather than because fetuses are people. Marquis contends that murdering is immoral because it deprives the victim of all the worthwhile and consciously significant objectives, goals, ideas, ambitions, experiences, etc….
Description ONLY RESPOND TO STUDENT PARAGRAPH I agree that self-driving cars should have a consequential system designed to protect or cause the least amount of harm possible to humans. Having a machine correctly add these consequences up every time and getting the correct answer every time. Should make you feel comfortable that this system works…
Description RESPOND TO STUDENT PARAGRAPH: A defense to abortion would be due to rape or complications of the pregnancy. I feel like that’s more than enough reasoning to justify an abortion. When it comes to the mother or the child you can always create new babies but you can’t replace the mother that you love…