Reference no: EM131260559
Instructions
For this assignment you will compose a well-written and thoughtful short-essay of 500-750 words in length (2-3 pages). Select and answer one of the four questions provided.
Format & Expectations
State your thesis, the answer you want to defend using at least three well-supported reasons embodying logic, reason, and research. Give possible objections to your arguments, answer these objections and restate your conclusion.
Essays should include a Works Cited page following MLA Style.
For grading expectations, please refer to the PHIL200 Writing Rubric.
Questions:
Give an argument for legalizing active euthanasia and an argument against it.
Argue for or against the principle that a just society must provide equality of opportunity for those with the interest and talent.
Clarify as much as possible Aristotle's distinction between practical knowledge and theoretical knowledge. Argue for or against his view that the good or happiness comes from leading a contemplative life.
How is the "greatest happiness principle" supposed to be useful in determining what I ought to do?
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Identify the main components of a database
: Identify the main components of a database. Character: the smallest unit of data, made up of letters, numbers, a space, or punctuation marks. Field: separates data into defined units.
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Disadvantages of alloying steel with silicon
: State the advantages and disadvantages of alloying steel with silicon for use as magnetic materials in transformer and electric machines.
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Identifying and analyzing the role of stakeholders
: Identify an organization that the stakeholder partners with OR an organization that opposes the stakeholder and describe their perspective on the same issue and Identify and explain the stakeholder organization perspective.
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Compute the expected value of perfect information
: Howard Weiss, Inc., is considering building a sensitive new radiation scanning device. - Determine the EMV of each decision. - Compute the expected value of perfect information.
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Distinction between practical and theoretical knowledge
: Argue for or against the principle that a just society must provide equality of opportunity for those with the interest and talent. Clarify as much as possible Aristotle's distinction between practical knowledge and theoretical knowledge. Argue f..
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Hysteresis loop of hard magnetic material
: Draw the hysteresis loop for a soft magnetic material and compare it with the hysteresis loop of hard magnetic material. Give two examples of each.
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What are the states of nature
: Jeffrey is risk averse and wishes to use the maximin criterion. - What are his decision alternatives and what are the states of nature? - What should he do?
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Classification of insulating materials
: Discuss classification of insulating materials on the basis of physical and chemical structure.
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Determine the largest length of cable
: An aluminum cable of 6 mm diameter is suspended from a high-altitude balloon. The density of aluminum is 2700 kg/m3, and its breaking stress is 390 MPa. Determine the largest length of cable that can be suspended without breaking.
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