Category: Contemporary ethical issues

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ!!!! PLEASE WATCH VIDEO!! PLEASE WATCH VIDEO!!! You will watch a 20-minute video and read an article. In total, you should write (at least a) 3-page double-spaced summary/commentary that covers both the article and the video. I imagine, maybe, a half page for the video, and 2-and-a-half pages for the article, but,…

Write a 1000-word argumentative essay on a subject of your choice based on one of the topics in the course. There are two different ways to write this essay. Choose only ONE. Impotant!!: The Topic is (Free Speech and its Limits), read the notes that I uploaded (Unit 3 Free Speech and its Limits notes.docx) before you…

VIDEO 1: https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_and_rebecca_newberger_goldstein_the_long_reach_of_reason  This video features the prominent psychologist Steven Pinker and his philosopher wife Rebecca Goldstein. You may need to read the transcript or watch it more than once, but the big picture is quite simple. It turns out our modern day human society is vastly less violent than it used to be–for example, we…

VIDEO 1: https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_and_rebecca_newberger_goldstein_the_long_reach_of_reason  This video features the prominent psychologist Steven Pinker and his philosopher wife Rebecca Goldstein. You may need to read the transcript or watch it more than once, but the big picture is quite simple. It turns out our modern day human society is vastly less violent than it used to be–for example, we…