Category: Philosophy

Please Refer to the document titled “TERM PAPER” FOR ALL MY INSTRUCTIONS, if you have any questions please reach out to me.

Examine how poverty, race, and sexual identity contribute to healthcare inequities in the United States. Describe the specific challenges faced by individuals from low-income backgrounds, racial minorities, and the LGBTQ+ community. Provide examples of these challenges and discuss possible solutions to make healthcare more equitable for these groups.
Answer all parts of the prompt above (14 pts)
500 word minimum (2 pts)
Cite at least 3 external sources (in your paper and on the References page) [2 pts]
Correctly utilize APA format (2 pts)

The essay needs to be less than 2000 words (above 1800). This does not include diagrams, tables of data, endnotes, bibliography or authorship declaration. The essay needs to be backed up by sources. Books, academic papers, etc. It needs to be persuasive, addressing both sides of the argument and capable of changing someone’s mind. The topic is “Do we have any good reasons to trust our moral intuition?” and it can be interpreted in any way you would like.

The essay needs to be less than 2000 words (above 1800). This does not include diagrams, tables of data, endnotes, bibliography or authorship declaration. The essay needs to be backed up by sources. Books, academic papers, etc. It needs to be persuasive, addressing both sides of the argument and capable of changing someone’s mind. The topic is “Should I be held responsible for what I believe?” and it can be interpreted in any way you would like.

Select one of the two videos provided in the Readings and Resources to watch.  Using examples from both the video and the related chapter, what have you learned about the impact of non-native conquest and colonialism on either Native American or African religions?  How have these indigenous peoples suffered and how have they creatively worked to preserve their traditions in the face of such violence and oppression?  What can you take away from learning about these traditions, either in terms of your own spirituality or in terms of how you understand our responsibility to peoples with different beliefs systems?
Here is the video
https://fod-infobase-com.postu.idm.oclc.org/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=8693

Read the essay, “How Twitter Gamifies Communication,” by C. Thi Nguyen. 
Pick any question to answer in your post:
What is gamification and how can it be good or bad depending on what is being gamified?
Why is gamification of Twitter bad for public discourse?
Why is gamification of public discourse bad for democracy?
Your essay needs to have a conclusion (the main claim), 2-3 premises, a counterargument, and a rebuttal. 
You also need to have a thesis statement in the first paragraph that follows the format: Although (counter), I will argue (conclusion), because (premise 1, 2, and 3). 
It’s good to use the premises as topic sentences (the first sentence of a paragraph). Then spend that paragraph supporting the truth of that premise. 
The counter and rebuttal should be in their own paragraph.

TOPIC QUESTION:  In the Meditations, Descartes makes a clean sweep of his beliefs and begins
again. Explain Descartes’ critical application of his method of doubt and the
way he builds knowledge on a new foundation. Can Descartes’ rationalist account
of knowledge of external objects withstand the criticisms of Locke’s
empiricism? In the end, which epistemological account is more plausible,
Descartes’ rationalism or Locke’s empiricist account? Provide an argument in
support of your conclusion. 
List of materials:
1. Assignment instructions (including topic)
2. Instructions for writer
3. Grading scale
4. Source 1
5. Source 2
6. Source 3
7. Writing guide
8. Sample Assignment (previous assignment answer)

Throughout this module, we have explored the concepts of power, privilege, intersectionality, and identity. Johnson claims that the “social construction of reality” applies to many forms of identity. You are now to apply these concepts in an evaluation of either ability, ageism or adultism. How does age and/or ability influence power and privilege? Kirk and Okazawa-Rey use the terms “micro”, “meso”, and “macro” levels of an individual’s social identity. How does age and/or ability influence privilege and power at each of these levels? How does privilege or its absence affect an individual’s daily existence? How do social institutions influence power and privilege based upon age and/or ability? How does the legal system create and enforce or deny privilege based on age and/or ability? How does intersectionality (e.g. gender, race, class) influence the power, privilege, or marginalization caused by age and/or ability?
Your paper should be 5-7 pages in length, double-spaced, 12 point font, using APA format. You will find information about APA citations in the Research, Write, and Cite guide. For more information on how assignments are evaluated, please refer to the Written Assignment Rubric.

Read the essay, “If Liquor Stores Are Essential, Why Isn’t Church?” by McConnell and Raskin in The New York Times
Pick one question to answer in your post:
The point of rights is to protect individuals from the tyranny of the majority. But the needs of the greater good of society must also be protected sometimes at the expense of the individual. 
1. Why might the right to freedom of religion (attending a place of worship, for example), be more important than “the common good” of society?
2. Should the common good always take precedent over individual rights? Why or why not and offer an example. 

PHI
2010                                               Name:                   
Watch the this
video and notice what you experience and what you think is happening:

Describe what
you saw in this video and then discuss what the physical objects were actually like
in reality. Describe 1 or 2 beliefs that you had about what was happening in
the video that ended up being wrong. Explain how your experiences watching the
video are related to Descartes’s reasons for doubt. What does he say about
beliefs that we have based on things that we perceive? While you first watched
the video, and believed things about what was happening, were those beliefs
knowledge according to Descartes? Be sure to address what’s necessary for a belief
to count as knowledge and fully explain this requirement. Then, give an example
of your own of a time when you had a belief based on your senses that was incorrect
in this kind of way. Write 2-3 paragraphs. Begin
typing your answer below.