Requirements:
Due: February 19th
Due: February 19th
Length: Three pages (min).
Format: However you wish
Sources: Use at least two arguments from texts we’ve discussed
Topic: Make your own or pick one from below.
Submission: Via email to Justin@oursanctuary.org.
Some topics for papers
What is the relationship between liberty and equality? What does Rousseau mean when he talks about equality?
What is Burke’s critique of the French Enlightenment in the context of his observations of the French Revolution? Is his critique valid? If so, why? If not, why not?
Which of the modern political thinkers we’ve studied most resembles Socrates’ call for the “examined life”?
Is lying morally permissible? Examine and evaluate the utilitarian argument in your response.
Is heirarchy necessary for social order?
Are states necessary for human flourishing?
Is love possible?
What is the true meaning of the Enlightenment values of freedom and equality?
Is human society really composed of selfish individuals who only associate with others in order to exchange?
Is England’s wealth in the 1780s really based simply on division of labor and machine labor?
Are markets truly infallible?
Is material growth the sole purpose of economies?
Can happiness be quantified?
Do human beings have rights?
Can we harm some to maximize pleasure for the greatest number?
Does morality require us to treat all human beings equally without any preferential treatment?
Are there moral obligations that the present owes to the past, to the future?
Is wealth inequality desirable (morally/politically)?
Format: However you wish
Sources: Use at least two arguments from texts we’ve discussed
Topic: Make your own or pick one from below.
Submission: Via email to Justin@oursanctuary.org.
Some topics for papers
What is the relationship between liberty and equality? What does Rousseau mean when he talks about equality?
What is Burke’s critique of the French Enlightenment in the context of his observations of the French Revolution? Is his critique valid? If so, why? If not, why not?
Which of the modern political thinkers we’ve studied most resembles Socrates’ call for the “examined life”?
Is lying morally permissible? Examine and evaluate the utilitarian argument in your response.
Is heirarchy necessary for social order?
Are states necessary for human flourishing?
Is love possible?
What is the true meaning of the Enlightenment values of freedom and equality?
Is human society really composed of selfish individuals who only associate with others in order to exchange?
Is England’s wealth in the 1780s really based simply on division of labor and machine labor?
Are markets truly infallible?
Is material growth the sole purpose of economies?
Can happiness be quantified?
Do human beings have rights?
Can we harm some to maximize pleasure for the greatest number?
Does morality require us to treat all human beings equally without any preferential treatment?
Are there moral obligations that the present owes to the past, to the future?
Is wealth inequality desirable (morally/politically)?
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