Your journal should be formatted this way
Each essay needs to be 150 words. I posted 24 journals.
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course number
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Original Title for your Journal Project
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Total [completed!] Entries [excluding the self-evaluation]: _______
1) Favorite Journal: Title of Journal (Word count here)
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2) Nietzsche and Intellectual Conscience (in-class)
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3) What is Philosophy (175 words)
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Journal Tips: Dos and Donts
Do
Use no more than one or two spaces between each entry
Number each entry in a single numerical sequence beginning with #1
Include the word-count for out of class entries
Number all entries including small group discussions, in-class entries, thought experiments, and screen shots (quizzes, etc.)
Use single-spaced paragraphs
Separate small group discussion entries from related reflections
Give a heading and number for entries for which you’ve provided a screen shot of
Include first and last name of classmate in small group discussion entries
Provide MLA heading on page one
Use a single line of heading for each entry. For example: 1) Eternal Recurrence (in class)
Review the rubric below to ensure you have properly formatted your journal and included all that is required
Do not
Include the journal prompts in your journal
Use double spaced paragraphs for this assignment
Leave large spaces between each entry; do not leave more than one or two lines between each entry
Number different types of entries in different numerical sequences
Use multiple lines of heading for each entry
Include a self-evaluation and your favorite journal in the First Journal Compilation submission; those two components are required for the Final Journal Project
Journals are listed below:
Journal: What is Critical Thinking
Engage at least one of the assigned readings to reflect on the meaning, application, and significance of critical thinking. You might also consider whether or not, or how, the term “critical thinking” is loosely used and inadequately defined.
http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766
Journal: Food for Thought 1
Logical consistency/compatibility: Do numbers 1, 3, 4-7 of “Food for Thought” in Rauhut (pg.17)
Logical possibility/impossible: 1-10 of “Food for Thought” in Rauhut (pg. 20)
Arguments in standard form: 1-3, 5, 6, 8 of “Food for Thought” in Rauhut (pg. 28-29)
Note: 150-word minimum does not apply to food for thought assignments (Raunhut’s Phil. Tools’)
Journal: Others’ Fallacies
Identify a fallacy from the reading that you or someone you know has committed, and write a paragraph of analysis convincingly illustrating why the person in question’s thinking exemplifies that fallacy. (COHEN__ 1-2.PDF)
Journal: Food for Thought 2
Deductive/inductive, standard form: 1-2, 4, 5, 7 of “Food for Thought” in Rauhut (pg. 31-32)
Note: 150-word minimum does not apply to food for thought assignments
Journal: Food for Thought 3
Necessary/sufficient conditions: 1-7, 9 of “Food for Thought” in Rauhut (pg.23)
Note: 150-word minimum does not apply to food for thought assignments
Journal: My Fallacies
For this journal you are to identify two to four fallacies that you have or regularly commit. After briefly explaining the fallacies in your own words, drawing on Cohen’s text for guidance, explain when you commit these fallacies and why such thinking is irrational. Consider whether or not Cohen’s claim that fallacies derail our aim of interpersonal happiness
Journal: Allegory of the Cave
Briefly explain the allegory of the cave in your own words, and then answer one of the questions below:
1) What does Plato’s cave tell us about what we see with our eyes? What is truth according to Plato in this allegory?
2) Have your senses ever misled you?
3) How is it possible that people can believe in illusion and accept it as reality?
4) What sometimes happens to people when the illusion is shattered and reality is revealed?
5) Describe other “caves” in modern life in which people might be “imprisoned” or feel “imprisoned”.
6) What could be the elements that prevent people from seeing the truth, or regarding “shadow” as the “truth”?
7) What are some things the allegory suggests about the process of enlightenment or education?
8) In society today or in your own life, what sorts of things shackle the mind?
9) According to the allegory, how do cave prisoners get free? What does this suggest about intellectual freedom?
Journal: Gramsci and Plato’s Cave
Explain the meaning of Gramsci’s idea of “cultural hegemony” and then explain how it relates to Plato’s allegory of the cave. Gramsci contends that common sense often functions to undermine the interests of the groups of people who embrace such beliefs. Do you agree or disagree? Can you think of contemporary examples that support the theory?
Journal: Key Aspects of Ethics
Which aspect of Weston’s discussion of ethics do you find most significant or interesting? Can you relate his explanation of ethics in human life to your personal experiences?
Journal: Banality of Evil
Reflect on one or more of the topics listed below:
Critically examine Chris Hedges work: what are his main points, and what are your thoughts on those points?
Engage Chris Hedges and other assigned works to explain and reflect on the idea of the “banality of evil.” You might consider questions such as, how does Hannah Arendt’s view on evil (which is quoted in Hedges’ article) challenge “common sense” views on evil?
In what way does The Man in the High Castle tv series exemplify the idea of “the banality of evil”? How does it relate to Hedges’ key points?
Journal: Thoughts on Moral Equality
Answer one or more of these questions about the schedule reading:
Does this essay challenge your understanding of the concept, “equality”? If so, how so?
Do you agree that all people should be considered morally equally? Why? Why not?
How could you change your behavior in order to honor or more fully acknowledge the concept of moral equality?
Do you believe that people generally honor the dignity of others, in day to day life? Identify examples of how they do, or do not
Journal: Kantian Ethics
Begin by explaining what you understand to be the essence or core of Kantian ethics.
Then relate the moral theory to a recent event or concern from your personal life, or a situation from current events or even a scenario from a film or TV series you’ve recently seen.
Among the questions you might choose to answer are: How does Kantian ethics relate to the decision making made? How would a Kantian have acted differently? What was the difference between what was done and what a Kantian would have done?
Journal: Utilitarianism and Warfare
Apply utilitarianism to examine the morality of the actions taken by U.S. soldiers presented in the following video. Before writing your analysis, watch this entire program (Links to an external site.)
Specifically, answer the question: how would a utilitarian view the actions taken by these soldiers?
Be sure to 1) define utilitarianism, 2) explain what utilitarianism would indicate about the rightness/wrongness of the actions chosen, and then 3) explain why utilitarianism would come to this conclusion.
Finally, discuss whether or not you agree with the above utilitarian perspective: why/why not?
Journal: Applying Social Contract Theory
Social Contract Theory is an ethical theory that views ethical standards as human-made rules determined by rational, self-interested individuals seeking the best society to live in. For this journal entry you are asked to define the theory in your own terms, drawing on assigned readings,* and apply the theory to one or both of the questions below:
Does a fair or just society require laborers to be paid a “living wage, (Links to an external site.)” as defined by MIT? Draw on the Social Contract Theory to justify your view.
Does a fair or just society require all persons to have the right to health care just as they presently have the right to public school education (K-12), law enforcement services, and fire safety services? Draw on the Social Contract Theory to justify your view.
*The videos are provided to help you access and make sense of the readings and you may refer to them in your reflection. But any reflection that does not make explicit reference to one or more of the assigned readings will receive a zero.
Journal: Applying Care or Virtue Ethics
Respond to each of the questions below:
1) Briefly explain what care ethics or virtue ethics is, and then reflect on the role caring or virtue has played in your life and moral decision making in particular. Should caring be an important component of moral decision making? Is the emphasis on virtuous character over individual actions a better way to achieve goodness?
2) Lastly, answer the question you previously addressed for “Social Contract Theory” again, but this time utilize “Care Ethics” or “Virtue Ethics” to derive your conclusion. Note whether or not the ethical theories produced the same conclusion and why you believe they did or did not.
Does a fair or just society require laborers to be paid a “living wage, (Links to an external site.)” as defined by MIT? Draw on the Care Ethics or Virtue Ethics to justify your view.
Does a fair or just society require all persons to have the right to health care just as they presently have the right to public school education (K-12), law enforcement services, and fire safety services? Draw on the Care Ethics or Virtue Ethics to justify your view.
Journal: My Religious Beliefs
Author a reflection on your religious beliefs and how you came to them. Questions to consider might include but are not limited to: What are your religious beliefs? How did you come to those beliefs? What influence did your family, society, and general environment play in shaping those beliefs? Was there a pivotal moment in your life that turned you in a new direction?
Journal: Assessing Arguments for God
Which of the arguments for the existence do you find the most convincing and why?
Journal: Twain and God
Picture your ideal of a good person, someone from history or perhaps someone from your own life. Can you imagine this person, if they were given unlimited powers and knowledge, designing the natural order in this way?
Now picture your personal ideal of an awful, despicable person, perhaps someone who has harmed you or others. Can you imagine this person designing the natural order in this way? Supposing there is in fact a divine creator, what do your two responses tell you about the character of the designer? Be sure to engage Mark Twain’s perspective in your response.
Journal: Ortiz and Hick
Read the above article, and then imagine that Sister Ortiz asks for council from John Hick. How would Hick explain her ordeal from his philosophical perspective? Suppose Sister Ortiz asks Hick to answer the question: How is it this evil was allowed to be visited upon me given that God is all good, all powerful and all knowing? Does Sister Ortiz’s experience inspire understandable doubt in God’s goodness or omnipotence, why or why not?
Journal: My Life in the Light of Eternal Reccurrence
Take 15 minutes out to reflect upon your life. Specifically, examine our life in light of Nietzsche’s concept of “eternal recurrence.” Viewing your life in this way, would you say that you are on the path to consummating your life or that you are living a truly meaningful life?
Journal: Feminist Perspectives on God
Drawing on a minimum of two different essays, describe how these works challenge the conventional debate about God’s existence? What thoughts have they provoked in you?
Journal: How I Know
In your day-to-day life, how do you come to determinations that something is true rather than false? How does this approach to truth relate to chapter 3?
Journal: Existentialist Epistemology
How do Nietzsche’s ideas confront and challenge those of other philosophers? What are the key differences?
What key criteria does Nietzsche identify for the determination of what is true?
Do his ideas resonate with you, or do you find yourself deeply resistant to them?
Journal: Feminist Epistemology
What do you think of feminist epistemology: How does feminist epistemology compare to other forms we’ve explored so far? How does it differ from the theories presented by Descartes, Locke, and Hume? In what ways does it relate to Nietzsche’s ideas?
If you need resouces in order to answer the journals I can give access to my webcourse account.
this will give you access to the titles of the journals and resources to use when answering the questions
