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According to Aristotle, the ultimate end of all human activity is eudaimonia, which is often translated as happiness or flourishing or living well. He understood eudaimonia to consist (partly) in living virtuously, both practically and intellectually speaking. And a virtue for Aristotle is the proper use of reason, our distinctive trait as a species, in our thinking, acting, and feeling. This symposium asks you to think about the role that work (careers, jobs, gigs, side-hustles, etc.) ought ...

or the purpose of these questions, please understand "work" to mean paid employment. Is it possible to achieve eudaimonia without working? Think of the idle recipient of a significant trust-fund. How might working a lot interfere with a living life well? Think of the single-minded CEO or entrepreneur who works 80 hours a week or the person who struggles to get by with two part-time jobs and gigging on the side. Some people claim to really enjoy working long hours. Does this mean that, for...

In the ancient Greece of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, a “symposium” was a banquet held after a meal, an “after-party” of sorts that usually included drinking, dancing, recitals, and engaging conversations on the topics of the day. For our purposes in this course, the Symposium discussions will not involve dancing, recitals, or a banquet, but they will provide food for thought on current ethical issues and direct application of the ethical theory discussed in each of these weeks. Fo...

Prior to taking this quiz, view the Week 4 content in the PHI208: Ethics & Moral ReasoningLinks to an external site. interactive multimedia. The quiz contains four multiple-choice questions and is worth 2% of your course grade. You will have 2 hours to complete the quiz, and it must be taken in one sitting. You will have two attempts to take this quiz.

In Part 1 of this discussion, you will create your own test case following the format presented in Section 4.2 of the textbook. In Part 2, you will create a test case based on a single sentence you select from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”

Your main post must answer all the questions in the prompt and show evidence of having read the resources that are required to complete the discussion properly (such as by using quotes, referring to specific points made in the text, etc.). All posts (including replies to peers) are expected to be thought-out; proofread for mechanical, grammatical, and spelling accuracy; and advance the discussion in an intelligent and meaningful way. The total word count for all your posts should be at least 6...

Your first post is due by Day 3 (Thursday). You must post a minimum of three separate posts: a primary post that addresses all elements of the discussion prompt and two reply posts. Your main post must answer all the questions in the prompt and show evidence of having read the resources that are required to complete the discussion properly (such as by using quotes, referring to specific points made in the text, etc.). All posts (including replies to peers) are expected to be thought-out; proo...

You must post a minimum of three separate posts: a primary post that addresses all elements of the discussion prompt and two reply posts. Your main post must answer all the questions in the prompt and show evidence of having read the resources that are required to complete the discussion properly (such as by using quotes, referring to specific points made in the text, etc.). All posts (including replies to peers) are expected to be thought-out; proofread for mechanical, grammatical, and spelli...

PART 1 – Test Case Discuss either the formula of universal law or the formula of humanity. Create your own test case following the format presented in Section 4.2 of the text. The text case can be anything you want to consider, but it must be an action such as lying, cheating, or killing one person to save the lives of five others. It can even be an absurd or far-fetched example such as a test case with a maxim that states you will eat a piece of cake any time you sneeze, or that you will ...

PART 1 – Test Case Discuss either the formula of universal law or the formula of humanity. Create your own test case following the format presented in Section 4.2 of the text. The text case can be anything you want to consider, but it must be an action such as lying, cheating, or killing one person to save the lives of five others. It can even be an absurd or far-fetched example such as a test case with a maxim that states you will eat a piece of cake any time you sneeze, or that you will ...