Writing Assignment, please see attached file!!!

The Miami Dade College: West Campus: Summer, Critical Thinking and Ethics Course Writing Assignment. May 14, through June 22, 2018.

Student Name

The West Campus Ethics Writing Assignment

Summited to Jerry C. Stephens, LL.M., Ph.D.

In Fulfilment of the writing Requirement

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1) According to the text (R&S 2017, P. Xiii), who did the authors said famously rocked the foundation of mathematics in 1931? And how do you summarized the arguments they presented there?

2) On the same (P.xiii), what did the author said Critical Thinking explores?

3) Which of the authors we read thus far made the following statement (R&S.P.xvii) “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”?

4) Please, articulate the last paragraph of (R&S. p. xxiv) to show me that you read that assigned parts of the book?

5) Define Logic for me, please, be very brief, and see (R&S. 2)

6) According to the authors (R&S.P.2) articulate how they described Critical Thinking?

7) Define Induction for me to show that you understand what it means and are comfortable with the term/concept (R&S. P.3)

8) Define Deduction?

9) Define Semantics

10) The authors, (R&S. P.3) stated that the field of logic is often divided into three distinct but related subfields, what are those three divisions?

11) On (R&S.P.3) the authors informed us that “the rationality of

Induction was called to question by a particular philosopher: who was the philosopher; and what did the authors informed us that that philosopher claimed? Please, be very fugal, don’t say more after you made your point?

12) Please, articulate for me the authors of (R&S.p.4) claim that is the connection between Logic and Critical Thinking?

13) Please, given what we have learned in this class thus far about Logic: construct for me a simple deductive argument with a premise, inference, and a conclusion. This question should compel you to start asking me questions and insisting that you understand what we are doing before we leave the lesson or topic. Don’t just sit and watch, ask questions when you don’t quite understand what we are doing.

14) What did our authors (R&S.P.4) said about the “Gorgias” mentioned in the passage with respect to the word “Semantics”?

15) Please, tell me, or write down for me, which philosopher the authors (R&S.P.5) discussed at length in the middle of that page; and also articulate the focal/main achievements of that philosopher according to our authors, please, be very brief!

16) When our authors (R&S.P.5.) stated there that “the structure of the argument must be valid’. What do they mean?

17) What is a sound argument according to the Authors (R&S.P.6?)

18) In the examples presented by the authors (R&S.P.6) construct for me your own examples such as the two shown on page 6: create or construct your own example ‘A” & Example ‘B’, a Valid and an invalid sets or propositions? This is to compel you to leave the telephone and learn something you did not know before taking this course. A person who keeps playing around with what he/she already knows is not making educational progress, try learning new hard things to enrich your knowledge!

19) Write down for me the sixteen Fallacies listed between, (R&S.PGS.8 through 15). For each of the fallacies, after writing it down, give me one example of it to show that you understand what it means and that you are now comfortable with the fallacy’s meaning.

20) On (R&S.P.16), at the very last part of the page, copy for me everything in that First paragraph under “How to make our Ideas Clear by Charles S. Peirce”. Do not copy beyond that first paragraph!

21) What did our authors (R&S.P.25) said was central to Aristotle, please, be very brief?

22) Please, define for me the following terms/theories/concepts, or words in (R&S.P.25)

22A) Moral Agent

23) Categorical Imperative

34) Utilitarianism

25) Consequentialist moral philosophers

26) Moral Philosophy

27) Nihilism

28) What did the authors (R&S.P.25) informed us that Socrates, in Plato’s Republic tells us?

29) Please, carefully articulate for me, the passage in the text (R&S.P.25) where the authors stated that “Three generations after Socrates, around 325 B.C.E.., Aristotle wrote The Nicomachean Ethics”, from there to the end of the page, articulate what was said there for me, be brief?

30) For (R&S.P.26), what is virtue, be brief?

31) Articulate for me “How Does One Become Virtuous? (R&S.P26)

32) Articulate for me (R&S.P.27), The Role of Happiness in Virtue?

33) Articulate for me the life of Aristotle (385 B.C.E.—322 B.C.E), ensure to include all the vital information about the man as listed in the passage to ensure that you now know who Aristotle was and his accomplishments in Western Philosophy: This is not flipping telephone, it is studying philosophy, learning things that may not be all that easy!

34) Briefly, articulate for me (R&S.P.28) Virtue Ethics after Aristotle, here, do not rewrite the literature, summarize the story for me to show that you read it and understand it.

35) In page (R&S.P.29) list for me, the four people mentioned in the passage, and briefly comment on their significance?

36) In (R&S.P.29) tell me the significance of Aristotle and his student shown on the top of the page?

37) For (R&S.P30) please, briefly articulate Ayn Rand and the Virtue of Selfishness, don’t rewrite the passage but summarize it, capturing the vital information there?

38) According to the authors, (R&S.P32) articulate the captioning “Other Considerations”, up to the end of (p.33).

(40) Comment on what our authors dubbed “Building the Habit of Virtue (R&S.P.34).

41) Articulate the captioning (R&S.P.34 Through .47), touching on the vital points made there, but do not recopy the whole literature, articulate it.

42) Articulate Chapter Three (R&S.PGS.48 Through 75, ensuring that you commented on all the subheadings/concepts/theories/Emmanuel Kant /The Categorical Imperative/The Atomic Bomb and Assault on Human Dignity: An Introduction to Kant/deontology/The formulation of the Categorical Imperative/existentialism/Rationality and Moral Autonomy/The Good Will/Is It Always Wrong To Lie? Do not rewrite all those but carefully comment on each one to show me that you understand it?

45) Articulate Chapter Four (R&S.PGS.76 through 97). Make sure to explain clearly who John Stuart Mill was, Jeremy Bentham/ Utility and Happiness/Not Every Happiness is the same/what Utilitarianism Is, and every sub headings throughout the chapter. Be very brief!

46)Summaries the whole of Chapter Five: (R&S.P.98 Through124), be sure to fully explain who Jean Paul Sartre was/the Continental Perspective/Continental Philosophy and Ethics/Analytic philosophy/Frederic Nietzsche/Carl Marx/Man & Superman: Nietzsche: explain Nietzsche very well/ articulate Max to Sartre: Existentialism, Ethics, and Politics/Soren Kierkegaard/Albert Camus (1913-1960)/Simone de Beauvoir (1908—1986)/Michael Foucault (1926—1984)/Jacques Derrida/Bernard-Henri Levy/comment on “The End of Feudalism, the Birth of Modern Industry”/Bourgeois Society and Barbarism/Workers Outnumbering the Bourgeois?

47)Articulate Chapter Six(R&S.P.125 Through 149) be sure to comment on all the ‘black sub-headings, names, events, and the issues discussed, do not skip any point made there, that is what is mean for you to articulate the chapter.

48) Articulate Chapter Seven (R&S.p.150 through 166). Be brief, do not rewrite the Chapter but show me that you have read it completely and understand what is in there?

50) Articulate Chapter Eight (R&S.P.167 through 193), respond to all subheadings and sum up the chapter in your own words.

51) Articulate Chapter Nine (R&S.P194 through 207).

52) Articulate Chapter Ten (R&S.P.208 through 229)

53) Articulate Chapter Eleven (R&S.P.230 through 279)

54) For (R&S.P.280): Articulate the limits society imposes on free speech?

55) For (R&S.P.280) summarize the arguments surrounding the legalization of drugs?

56) For (R&S.P.2840) Explain who John Hospers (1918—2011) was , and his importance regarding Ethics?

57) Talk to me about the Era of Prohibition (R&S.P.285)?

58) Speak to me about “The Marijuana Experiment” as it was presented in the text (R&S.P2.85)?

59) Articulate the following in (R&S.P.286): William Bennett Versus Milton Friedman on Drug Legalization?

60) Tobacco and Alcohol (p.286)?

61) 12.3 (p.286) Articulate the “Reading on Personal Liberties”?

62) Carefully and fully articulate (p.287) On Liberty (Selection) by John Stuart Mill: 1860, Harvard Classics Volume 25?

63) Articulate (R&S.P.294) Chapter II: Of the Liberty OF Thought and Discussion?

64) Critically articulate (R&S.P.300) “The Ideals of Enlightenment and the Promise of Equality”

65) Fully articulate for me what is meant by (R&S.P.300) Natural Law?

66) Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929—1968). Critically articulate our authors’ writing on him in the text, be thorough!

67) Please, articulate “The Utilitarian argument for Equality” (R&S.P.304)

68) Critically discuss “affirmative Action (p.306)?

69) Articulate the rest of the literature from (R&S. pgs. 307 through 321)

70) Articulate Chapter Fourteen (R&S.P.322 through 337).

71) (P.338) what are Bioethical Issues according to the Text?

72) Fully discuss the topic (.338) Genetic Engineering, Stem Cell Research, and Human Cloning?

73) In 15.3: (R&S.P. Discuss Human Cloning in detail p.344)

74) (p.345) Articulate Rudolf Jaeniisch’s arguments in that passage/article?

75) Please, look closely to paragraph (4) of (p.346) and tell me the reason why, Dolly the Cloned Ship died according to the text?

76) Articulate (PGS.347 through pg.352 with the aim of showing me your deep understanding of the discussions there?

77) For (R&S.P.353) the authors informed us that the term “eugenics” was conceived by___________________________: (b) discuss the rest of the story critically for me, but be brief though, do not write more than three paragraphs at most?

78) (R&S.p354), articulate the captioning “Genetic Responsibility”

79) Also, articulate (p.354), “Perfecting the Code”

80) Please, articulate Chapter Sixteen (R&S.P.370 through 394)

81) Articulate Chapter Seventeen(R&S.P.395).

82) What is Metaphysics?

83) What is philosophy?

84) What is nihilism?

85) What is Normative Ethics?

86) 18B) According to the text (R&S.P.8), what is a fallacy? 18C) what must one do in order to be able to identify an informal fallacy (R&S.P.8?)

Please, visit PG. 404, Read the United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, select any fifteen of the Articles and tell me why you liked them better than the remaining ones? You must specifically say why you preferred the particular Article but be very brief.

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Please, note that the above paper is the Writing Assignment for the course. Please, when you get this paper, write-in your name in the space provided above. As we already discussed, the paper is already formatted, just keep answering the questions when you downloaded, and saved it in your flash drive: in the end, you must cut of the instructional part, I will show you how in class later on.

Then start responding to the questions. You are allowed to look for your answers from our text book which for convenience, I dubbed (R&S, 2017). But you are not allowed to work on the paper with any other student in this class or any tutor, teacher, or anyone helping you to supply answers to the questions.

You must work alone in providing the answers to the questions. If your paper is found to be identical to any other student’s paper, you will be referred to the part of the College that handles cheating/plagiarism, please, avoid that prospect at all cost.

If you need help, always ask me or bring the question (s) to ask generally in the class, you are allowed to bring any course question openly to the class for us to try to help you. But do not try to cheat in your assignment.

Trust yourself, you might do better than you think. All the answers are starkly in front of you in the textbook: all you need to do is to spare time out of your other daily activities, and work on your paper. If you do the assignment well, it will help you to do well in your remaining examinations.

As you can see, most of the questions are ahead of the class’s lessons or lectures, it is designed that way to encourage you to read ahead of the required parts of the text before we would get there. To further help you, I have searched and provided you page numbers to make it easier for you to just go straight to where you would find the answers, those are my free helps to you.

By June 6, 2018, every student must submit to me his or her Sample Work. Your sample work will be the extent of the Writing Assignment you have completed by that date. You must download that work, proofread it, stapled it, and bring it to hand to me in class, and in a ‘hardcopy’. I will use that copy to advise you on how you will complete the full paper which is due on the last day of our class, (6/20/18).

Please, do not reformat the paper, just write on it as it was sent to you. Do not change the font, your paper must be type-written, no hand written paper will be accepted. I do not accept papers sent through the internet: Please, don’t ask me if you would send the paper to me through an attachment on any of the due dates.

The day of the final submission, every student must have completed his or her paper, downloaded it, proofread it, stapled it, and bring it in a ‘hardcopy’ to summit to me in the class. In both the ‘Sample work’ submission and final submission, there will be no late paper, any paper that is late will not be accepted, please, be aware of that!

Start immediately responding to the questions if you would complete it, otherwise, you will not be able to complete it. It carries “30” points of your total course mark of “100 points”. So, this is not a task you want to procrastinate about if you want to get your good grade. Feel free to ask me questions on guidance at all times.

I know that the summer semester is short but you will also earn the “3 credits” the course is worth. Work hard for the course so that after it, you will celebrate your hard-earned good grade!

I am working hard to be improvising or making sure that where it is too demanding, I am helping to make it bearable for all students. We are in it together. I read just as much as you are doing. The school demands that their own due dates for professor to turn in grades or whatever must be met: we cannot give them excuses when those deadlines come. So, you are not alone. Best of luck!

Dr. Jerry C. Stephens, LL.M., Ph.D.