Week 6 assignment
Short-Essay
Assignment 3
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.
Submission
Submit your essay as an attachment within the Assignments
area.
Due: Sunday, by 11:55 p.m., ET
Questions:
Answer one of the questions below in a well-written,
thoughtful essay:
Why, according to the “principle of equality” must one show
that there are real differences rather than just surmise that they exist?
Give arguments for or against the proposition that cloning
is “playing God”.
Agree or disagree with Kant’s thesis that acts that are not
universalizable or use persons, are wrong even if they bring about good results
or consequences.
Compare Nietzsche’s notion of “will to power” with C. G.
Jung’s insight Quoted in the following citation: “Where love rules, there is no
will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking.”
