Thomas nagel Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PHILOSOPHY 208 QUIZ 2 1. Question : Kant claims that a good will is: Student Answer: something that can only be called good with qualification. the only thing that can be called good without qualification. that which makes qualified goods like character traits morally good. both B and C. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 5-6. - MultipleChoice 1 True 0 - MultipleChoice 1 Ques...

PHILOSOPHY 208 QUIZ 2 1. Question : Kant claims that a good will is: Student Answer: something that can only be called good with qualification. the only thing that can be called good without qualification. that which makes qualified goods like character traits morally good. both B and C. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 5-6. - MultipleChoice 1 True 0 - MultipleChoice 1 Ques...

PHI 208 WEEK 3 QUIZ 1. In the video “What Is Just War Theory?” Michael Walzer argues it is important to read the essays and memoir literature of soldiers because (Points : 1) they make the toughest moral decisions on the battlefield they contain critical material regarding the actual experience of war moral arguments about war should ring true to X all of the above 2. According to Nagel, which of the following may be permitted by absolutism, at least in som...

PHILOSOPHY 208 QUIZ 2 1. Question : Kant claims that a good will is: Student Answer: something that can only be called good with qualification. the only thing that can be called good without qualification. that which makes qualified goods like character traits morally good. both B and C. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 5-6. - MultipleChoice 1 True 0 - MultipleChoice 1 Ques...

The essay deals with the nature of consciousness, in particular with the question of whether Neuroscience can explain what consciousness really is. It concludes that there will always be a gap between a subjective and an objective understanding of consciousness -- since science can only provide objective explanations, it will necessarily leave open questions about the subjective parts of consciousness, such as experience. It analyses the hard problem of consciousness as described by David Chalme...

Kant vs Mill Thomas Nagel Criminal Justice Note

PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz Question 1 In the video “What Is Just War Theory?” Michael Walzer argues it is important to read the essays and memoir literature of soldiers because they make the toughest moral decisions on the battlefield they contain critical material regarding the actual experience of war moral arguments about war should ring true to Correct!Correct! all of the above The answer can be found between minutes 10:00-15:00 of the video “What is Just War Theory?” ...

PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz Question 1 In the video “What Is Just War Theory?” Michael Walzer argues it is important to read the essays and memoir literature of soldiers because they make the toughest moral decisions on the battlefield they contain critical material regarding the actual experience of war moral arguments about war should ring true to Correct!Correct! all of the above The answer can be found between minutes 10:00-15:00 of the video “What is Just War Theory?” ...

PHILOSOPHY 208 QUIZ 2 1. Question : Kant claims that a good will is: Student Answer: something that can only be called good with qualification. the only thing that can be called good without qualification. that which makes qualified goods like character traits morally good. both B and C. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 5-6. - MultipleChoice 1 True 0 - MultipleChoice 1 Ques...

Question 1.1. In the article “War and Massacre,” Thomas Nagel argues that utilitarianism (Points : 1) Question 2.2. Which of the following does not happen in the “Meet Your Meat” to animals with diseases or injuries on modern factory farms: (Points : 1) Question 3.3. In the excerpt from Plato’s Republic, Glaukon suggests that people are good (Points : 1) Question 4.4. According to Leon Kass, the drive to legalize euthanasia can be largely attributed to (Points : 1) ...