How do we know that people have rights? What is the basis of the moral rights according to a utilitarian view?
Separation of Church and State is a tenet of American Government. Discuss how Augustine and Aquinas might view the current relationship between the government and religion.
August 13, 2019Analyze the significant ways in which Locke and Hobbes ideas differ from those at work in modern democracies.
August 14, 2019How do we know that people have rights? What is the basis of the moral rights according to a utilitarian view?
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Assignment 4
Respond to the items below.
- Define the following: a right, a legal right, a moral right, a human right. How are they related?
- What three (3) features define a moral right?
- How do we know that people have rights? What is the basis of the moral rights according to a utilitarian view? According to Immanuel Kant?
- Fully discuss the idea that human beings have a “natural right” to liberty and a “natural right” to private property, as claimed by John Locke (1632-1704).
Assignment 8
Respond to the items below.
- What is traditional utilitarianism? With traditional utilitarianism, how do you determine what the moral thing to do on any particular occasion might be? Include mention of the four (4) considerations to determine what the moral thing to do on any particular occasion might be.
- Why is utilitarianism attractive to many? Discuss three (3) reasons.
- What is the ecological ethic?
- How does utilitarianism support the ecological ethic?
- Access the following article using Ashworth College’s ProQuest library resources:
Anthony, R. (2012). Building a Sustainable Future for Animal Agriculture: An Environmental Virtue Ethic of Care Approach within the Philosophy of Technology. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 25.2, 123-144, found at:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/992862678/1421A854EE6642EC5AE/1?accountid=45844
NOTE: To access ProQuest articles, you MUST first open a Web browser window to the Ashworth College Library; otherwise, you will be denied access to the articles when you click the links. Once your browser is open to the Ashworth College Library, simply click on the link for the article you need to read.
After reading this article, discuss the following:
- How has the dominant philosophy of technology seeded particular ethical consequences that plague the well-being of human beings, the planet, and farm animals?
- Do you agree with the author that we should accord an environmental virtue ethic of care–understood as caretaking? Why or why not? Provide at least two supporting reasons.
