Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Blog 3: Ethical Egoism Blog is Due 2/10/11

READ RTD #32: Is Racial Discrimination Arbitrary?
1-Describe the three cases of seemingly relevant/non-arbitrary discrimination that Singer considers.
2-Summarize the similarities and differences between two of the cases that Singer discusses.
3-According to Singer, what principle can motivate prohibiting racial discrimination even in cases where the discrimination is relevant/non-arbitrary?
Include full name and word count at the end of the blog text.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Blog Due Thursday 2/3 at midnight

Blog assignment: For topic 1, 2, OR 3 complete the following assignment.
[Topic resources are on file in Engrade and I also e-mailed them].

In your own words, identify and discuss the arguments given to support the dangerous idea presented in one of the following topics. In your discussion make clear what the dangerous idea is, why the idea is dangerous, and the reasons given to support the idea. In addition, provide a definition in context for the underlined words or phrases.