What are two causes of hunger and two problems that result?

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Food, there is enough food produced and available to feed the entire world every day. However, for various reasons, millions still go hungry, making food security—having consistent access to adequate nutritional food—a persistent global social problem in both developing and developed countries.

Where do most of the world’s hungry live?

What are two causes of hunger and two problems that result?

What are some potential consequences and benefits to using biotechnologies in developing countries? Based on the research currently available, should developing countries pursue the use of biotechnologies? Why or why not?

Complete a Comparative Religions Grid (Week 6 Assignment Template above) comparing these three traditions.

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Within Christianity there are three major traditions: Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestantism. Your assignment for this week is to complete a Comparative Religions Grid (Week 6 Assignment Template above) comparing these three traditions. The grid is divided into five segments, each segment has varying numbers of categories. Each category is to be compared across all of the three religions. They will not always agree; sometimes they will.
Using the assignment template (in Required Resources), do the following:
Use your text, lesson, the Internet and at least 3 scholarly sources (one per religion) to engage in comparative research. If using the Internet, our goal is an official source for that religion. Examples:
Catholic: www.USCCB.org (Links to an external site.) (the official Bishops conference of the catholic church in the United States)
Eastern Orthodox: www.OCA.org (Links to an external site.)
Protestant: There are many different denominations, so one website will not speak for each group. Perhaps an encyclopedia will be helpful.
Fill in all boxes on the Comparative Religions Grid.
Do not leave blanks
Be as focused and analytical as possible. Using one or two sentence answers will often work; or phrases or short paragraphs may be needed. The box size will increase as you write in it, but long paragraphs are discouraged.
Include short descriptions for each term or individual introduced, not just a word. E.G. Moses, Jew to whom God gave the 10 commandments. Be as simple and as concise as possible; yet, give as much detail as is needed.
If you use a quote, cite your source. E.G. Gen.1:26; Molloy, 2019, p. 32; Chamberlain, 2020, Week 6, 4; etc.
Complete a reference list for all cited sources.
Complete the 300-500-word reflection at the end, assessing what you learned through this exercise and how it impacts your own religious views or your professional experience.

https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/65270/files/8072159/download?wrap=1

What role does trauma play in developing addiction?

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Read Patrick Haggerson article, Trauma article and watch Film, “Honour of All”

response to the course reading and film by answering the following questions:

1) What role does trauma play in developing addiction? What populations might be more vulnerable because they are more likely to have suffered trauma?

2) What role did reclaiming traditional culture play in the recovery and sobriety of the people of Alkali Lake?

3) Name one or two methods that the Chief used to try to control access to alcohol among the tribal members at Alkali Lake.

Discuss the similarities and differences among the teachings on abortion from at least three families of religions.

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PART B Subjective (Essay) This must be submitted to Turnitin by the student no later than 11:59 p.m.

This must be an argumentative essay with a minimum 800 words and a maximum of 1200 words. This essay is worth 60/100 (9% of final grade).

The essay is based on the second half of the course.

We will use William A. Young’s The World’s Religions: Worldviews and Contemporary Issues. Young explored the role of ethics in four general categories: humans and resources; society and violence; life and death; roles and identity. Carefully review the readings and select one of the eight questions listed below. Essay requirements are listed below the questions. Read them carefully.

Essay Topics:

  1. Compare and contrast indigenous ecological teachings with the ecological themes of three religions: one that originated in South Asia, one that originated in East Asia, and one that originated in the Middle East. What ultimately creates the differences in their responses?
  2. Compare the Muslim understanding of zakat with the common American understanding of “charity” as giving what is left over after having paid one’s other expenses. What significance do you see in the differences?
  3. Compare and contrast the teachings on whether and when war is justified in two of the following religions: Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. What is the significance in what you discover?
  4. Make a religious case for (or against) capital punishment, drawing on at least three of the world’s religions. What ultimately becomes the most compelling aspect of the argument?
  5. Discuss the similarities and differences among the teachings on abortion from at least three families of religions. What ultimately leads them to their responses?
  6. Do religions help clarify or confuse serious reflection on the morality of euthanasia? How so or how not?
  7. If the ultimate nature of God, the Ineffable, Brahman, or the Higher Power is without qualities such as gender, why does gender matter so much in religious practice and power? Should we even think of God or gods in terms of gender?
  8. Do religions help clarify or confuse serious reflection on the morality of homosexuality? Give examples and other evidence to support your views.

Essay Requirements:

  1. It is very important that you understand that all essays must be argumentative, not merely descriptive, essays. Your essay must have a clear, coherent and properly written thesis statement.
  2. This essay assignment is meant to test your personal understanding of the material and your ability to engage with it as an academic; therefore, please do not seek help with it from your TA or fellow students.
  3. Full MLA formatting and documentation is required. This includes but is not limited to MLA first page formatting, properly formatted page numbers, in-text citations for all borrowed ideas and concepts, along with properly formatted quotations and a Works Cited page. Applying MLA requires a significant amount of time to research and fully implement, so it is recommended that you do not leave it to the end. The following link is one useful resource, but there are others as well. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_style_introduction.html
  4. Essay length, and you must use one-inch borders and a 12-point font, is 4 pages minimum (800 words) and 6 pages maximum (1200 words).
  5. If you use outside material, use credible academic resources. Insider views are still useful if applied with scholarly precision. Use of additional sources must augment your analysis of Young’s chapter, not replace it.
  6. Due Monday, August 10, 11:59 p.m. – submitted to Turnitin through Moodle.
  7. The higher grades (Bs and As) are reserved for students who can analyze and argue based on the information and data found in the readings.

8. If your paper is detailed and repeats faithfully what is in the text but has no specific thesis, the best you could expect would be a high C

Find a current event article in a REPUTABLE magazine or newspaper about abortion. Write a brief summary and discuss something that this article that relates to one of the readings or lectures from this unit. Include a link to the article.

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  1. Find a current event article in a REPUTABLE magazine or newspaper about abortion. Write a brief summary and discuss something that this article that relates to one of the readings or lectures from this unit. Include a link to the article.

 

  1. List your results from the poll at the beginning of the first video. Describe three answers that have changed over the course of the unit. Why do you think that happened?

. If nothing changed, describe why it did not change, how you came to these conclusions, what you found most convincing of the arguments, and how you would answer that argument.

 

  1. Thomson gives us several vivid thought experiments; name 3 of them. Pick one of them and discuss its purpose, the argument it advances, why it is plausible, and an objection.

 

  1. Marquis offers a new argument in the abortion debate that he cleverly calls FLO (future like ours). What is FLO? How does it resolve the prima facie problems of the anti and pro abortion debates? How does FLO relate to killing? What is one argument for why we should adopt FLO and one argument for why we should reject it?

 

  1. What are the 5 conditions of personhood? What would you change? Why?

Explain, as thoroughly as possible, what the central conflict is in Sophocles’s Antigone, including how it came about. What are the forces or factors does each of the two main characters involved in the conflict represents?

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Explain, as thoroughly as possible, what the central conflict is in Sophocles’s Antigone,
including how it came about.

What are the forces or factors does each of the two main characters involved in the conflict represents?

Explain, as thoroughly as possible, what qualifies Antigone as an heroic figure.

State the specific issue you will explore. This must be stated either as a question (“Should prostitution be legalized?”) or a whether-or-not statement (“Whether prostitution should be legalized”).

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Over the eight weeks of the course, you will work on a paper that addresses a current controversial issue. This paper is to be in the form of an argument. You will select a topic, choose an issue related to that topic, thoroughly research both sides of the issue, and then write a paper that supports one side or the other of the issue. Your paper must define the issue, present evidence on both sides of the issue, and then argue that one side is stronger and more persuasive than the other. Your paper must address at least three relevant aspects of the issue. More specific directions for each part of the paper will be found within the specific assignment in the weekly modules.

Here is a brief breakdown of the project so that you can plan your time in the course:

Legalization of prostitution

  • State the topic chosen from the list or topic approved by instructor.
  • State the specific issue you will explore.
    • This must be stated either as a question (“Should prostitution be legalized?”) or a whether-or-not statement (“Whether prostitution should be legalized”).
  • For the stated issue, state three (3) aspects of the issue that you think you will likely develop in your paper. Briefly state why you have chosen each aspect.
    • You are not confined to three aspects only, but you must develop at least As you develop your paper, you may find other aspects that you deem more relevant, and may add or substitute those.
      • Example:For the topic of prostitution, you might examine the aspect of personal autonomy, public health aspects, and law enforcement aspects, at a minimum.
      • Example:For the topic of free healthcare for undocumented persons, you might address economic aspects, ethical aspects, and public health aspects, at a minimum.

Choose a film, dialogue, play, or novel and write a short paper (500-750 words) about your experiences. Watch or read a piece of literature during this semester, which you have not seen or read before. Summarize the main points of this experience.Clearly link the film or literature to a branch of philosophy.

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Many philosophers have chosen to express philosophy in the form of dialogues, plays, novel, and other literary forms. Film makers have often chosen philosophical themes as the focus of their messages on film. This section of the course allows us to see the relationship between philosophy and the arts. Here are some steps to guide you: 1. Choose a film, dialogue, play, or novel and write a short paper (500-750 words) about your experiences. Watch or read a piece of literature during this semester, which you have not seen or read before. Summarize the main points of this experience. 2. Clearly link the film or literature to a branch of philosophy (e.g., ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, logic, social and political philosophy) or the ideas of a philosopher (in the western or eastern tradition including the feminist philosophers and the postcolonial thinkers covered in this course). You may draw from your knowledge of the philosophy from this course or other online or other research. This is the most important part of this assignment. 3. Draw some conclusions about the philosophical material you’ve experienced by showing how this may have contributed to your own development or understanding of a philosophical theme, debated issue (e.g., determinism vs. free will), or social/political contemporary issue. (Refer to Encyclopedia of Philosophy (https://www.iep.utm.edu/) and the required text for more information on philosophical themes) In sum: your final post (the Philosophy and the Arts discussion thread under Week 3) should have these three points covered and marked clearly.

Are you concerned about the U.S.’s rankings on national test scores? Do you think an increased emphasis on getting “back to the basics” is what schools need? Should students be allowed to give input into what they learn and pursue? Or is that solely the teacher’s job?

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  • Are you concerned about the U.S.’s rankings on national test scores? Do you think an increased emphasis on getting “back to the basics” is what schools need?
  • Should students be allowed to give input into what they learn and pursue? Or is that solely the teacher’s job?
  • Should schools model living in a democracy, or is that something students should learn later in life on their own?

These and many other questions like them point to your philosophy of education (or, more basically, your personal philosophy). An important part of being an educator is to recognize and uncover your philosophy of education. (And, yes, even speech-language pathologists as educators need to be aware of your philosophies in this area!). Knowing what you believe will help you to understand yourself as an educator–what you are now, what you can be, and what you cannot be (even when others may try to pressure you). Ultimately, this self-understanding will help you to be better at your own work as an educator.

Chapter 6 (pp. 178-199) of the textbook does an amazing job of outlining the major concepts you need to grasp to outline a philosophy.

In this course, you will write one paper about your philosophy of education. You will find Chapter 6 (esp. p. 206) invaluable for these writing tasks.

Absolute Space and Time. What are the differences between the concepts of space held by Leibniz and Newton? Explain the consequences of their views in terms of motion. What is “space” like in the two views? Describe and explain their thought experiments to defend their positions.

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Choose one of the three topics in Chapter 6: either a. Absolute Space and Motion b. Biological Classification or c. Modularity of Mind
2. Write a four to six (or more) page essay on your choice of topic.
a. Absolute Space and Time What are the differences between the concepts of space held by Leibniz and Newton? Explain the consequences of their views in terms of motion. What is “space” like in the two views? Describe and explain their thought experiments to defend their positions. Make references to the issues of this course given in lecture; that is, analyze your selected theory dispute in terms of scientific inference, scientific explanation, realism and antirealism, rationality of theory choice, and/or possible bias from external values.
b. Biological Classification Describe and explain the Linnean system, the BSC, and phylogenetic systematics classification systems. What are the arguments for each? Compare and contrast the views of Aristotle, Darwin, and Mayr with regard to these systems. Make references to the issues of this course given in lecture; that is, analyze your selected theory dispute in terms of scientific inference, scientific explanation, realism and antirealism, rationality of theory choice, and/or possible bias from external values.
c. Modularity of Mind Explain the origins and arguments for the modularity of human cognitive abilities and compare to the general-purpose problem solver model. What is the theory of Jerry Fodor and how does it differ from Noam Chomsky’s views and the “massive modularity” thesis. Make references to the issues of this course given in lecture; that is, analyze your selected theory dispute in terms of scientific inference, scientific explanation, realism and antirealism, rationality of theory choice, and/or possible bias from external values.