Homework Help for Philosophy

Surgery of the neck results and damage to a cranial nerve. The result is the patient experience is a decrease ability to alter breathing pattern in response to low blood oxygen levels. Which two cranial nerves could cause this if damage?

What is hindi?

What do you think she means by this statement that "normal action" is a "function of the variability of behavior patterns that different societies have created for themselves?" Consider all elements and topics of this module and respond as cogently as possible. Write answer in text box provided.

2) Discuss your own ethical views concerning this important but controversial topic of female circumcision. Consider where you stand not only morally on this topic, but also on where you stand with respect to both divine command and ethical relativism in light of this topic. In doing so, consider your own moral dilemmas, and compare your response here to how you would respond if we replaced the ethical dilemma with the act of say "Abraham's sacrifice of Issac" or perhaps something like "eating cows," "driving on right-side of road," or "wearing certain clothing, e.g. Dodger baseball cap." What differences matter here and why? Be specific and provide examples/references from the Module Readings to support your claims.

1) Discuss in detail how you think both divine command theory and ethical relativism would address and evaluate the topic of female circumcision (or female genital mutilation). Would this practice be considered moral under either these theories? Why or why not? (Consider this example in light of other ethical dilemmas and world problems.)

First Task: The Exercise for Your Imagination
John Rawls introduces his reader to several concepts fundamental to a thorough account of the idea of justice: Liberty; equality; rights; and fairness. But he is deservedly of philosophical interest because of the way he fulfills his aim, which is “...To present a conception of justice which generalizes and carries to a higher level of abstraction the familiar theory of the social contract as found in Locke, Rousseau, and Kant” (Pojman 620, Lt). Rawls introduces an imaginary device in order to establish the conditions under which “the principles of justice for the basic structure of society...would (be accepted)” (620 Lm). It is these conditions, Rawls’ “initial position of equality,” and his device for establishing them, “the veil of ignorance,” that I would have you think about for your exercise (620 Lm and 620 Rm): “The veil of ignorance...ensures that no one is advantaged or disadvantaged in the choice of principles by the outcome of natural chance or the contingency of social circumstances” (620 Rm).

As an exercise of the imagination, you are asked, as Rawls asks us all, to imagine yourself in the “initial position of equality” under “the veil of ignorance.” Discover for yourself if doing so is or is not conducive to a genuine sense of fairness, as you prepare to make “one of the most general of all choices which persons might make together, namely ...the choice of the first principles of a conception of justice which is to regulate all subsequent criticism and reform of institutions” (621 Lt).

Second Task: The Writing Assignment
Please number your responses:
1. Describe your experience. Take the time to do so as completely as you are able.
2. How did this exercise affect your understanding of the section titled “The Reasoning Leading to the Two Principles of Justice” (624 Lm). It requires an effort to do so, but try to justify your response with direct reference to your own experience of imagining and reading, not to associations or thoughts gathered from any other source. Provide\ relevant quotations to focus your reader’s attention.
3. Relate your experience to Rawls’ “Two Principles of Justice,” especially concerning his denying “exchanges between basic liberties and economic and social benefits” (624 Rb). Be as descriptive as you are able, using direct quotations as support.
4. What is your opinion of Rawls’ “General Conception” (627 Rb)? Use quotations to assist in your explanation.

Using the web, locate, post and compare the mission statement of three health organizations (American cancer society, American Red Cross and national kidney foundation)

How is it that the highest mountain on earth might not be the tallest mountain? Why is this a philosophical issue? 

"Discuss the subtleties of the book of Esther and how they affect the story being told."

Having my first discussion assessment due soon but could use help, I have to explain if if I agree or don’t agree with them (I agree with both of them but not sure what to write) the response needs to be 6 sentences in length for each.

Descartes begins by stating: "I will now shut my eyes, block my ears, cut off all my senses. I will regard all my mental images of bodily tings as empty, false and worthless." Why does he do so?

1. What are three respects in which the study of philosophy differs from the study of, say, biology?

2. What three things does Sober (in the course text) say that philosophers do?

Which things make you happy?