What do you think you can fruitfully learn from the study of philosophy?
How can you apply philosophy to your life?
- Learning to think philosophically will inspire you to be more thoughtful, more open-minded, more attuned to the complexities and subtleties of life, more willing to think critically about yourself and all of life's important issues, and less willing to accept superficial interpretations and simplistic answers.
- By learning to think philosophically, you can develop your mind into a powerful, sophisticated resource that will enrich all dimensions of your life.
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One line of justification for acts of war that kill civilians, a theory of justification
developed by Michael Walzer and discussed by Coady, is the claim of a. supreme emergency. b. an international social contract. c. rights of humanity. d. divine right. e. political realism.
You have two choices: job A and job B. Considering how much you'll enjoy the job, how much money you'll make, and how much you'll improve the world—indeed, everything you care about—you consider various outcomes for each job. If you take job A, there's a 20% chance that things will go well. If you take job B, there's a 60% chance that things will go well. The outcome where things go well with job A has twice as much utility as the outcome where things go well with job B, which in turn has twice as much utility as things not going well (in either job). Which job has greater expected utility, and by how much? (Remember that you can use the arbitrary measurement of utils to work this out—just keep the proportions as specified.)
A. They have the same expected utility B. Job B has twice as much utility as Job A C. Job B has more utility than Job A but less than twice as much D. Job A has slightly more utility than Job B.
Buddhism rejects the concept of inherent and unchanging self and illustrates its position with the image of a candle flame
A. True B. False
Which of the following should be done during a Zoroastrian funeral ritual?
A) ?The body should be burnt on a funeral pyre. B) ?Care should be taken to protect the earth from direct contact with bodies of the dead. C) ?Placement of the body in a tower of silence should be done during the night. D) ?The body should be washed and wrapped in a simple red garment.