Business Read a few Wall Street Journal articles (or articles from another major, reputable business/financial publication) related to International Finance. […]
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Is there a difference in quality between current popular music and so-called classical music? Is there any plausible argument that one ought to prefer one to the other?
1. Is there a difference in quality between current popular music and so-called classical music? Is there any plausible argument […]
What is your (personally) favorite work of art? How would you describe your relationship with it?
1. What is it that makes some human artifacts art (for example, a painting or a piece of music), while […]
Do you agree that the various binary oppositions in our language are always or basically gender related? Why do you think so, or not?
1. Do you think that universal truths underlie all religious belief? Do you think that the different religious traditions and […]
What makes one culture different from another? How is it possible to translate a practice or a belief from one culture into another?
Philosophy, Sex, Race, and Culture 1. Do you believe that men and women think differently? How doyou know? If so, […]
Should a president of the United States be impeached if his or her subordinates break the law?
1. In what kind of society would you prefer to live? A large urbansociety; a small rural society; some safe […]
What considerations do you use to tell whether someone’s action is selfish? Is selfishness always wrong? Sometimes wrong? When? Be specific.
Friedrich Nietzsche and the Attack on Morality 1. What is your conception of the good life? What goals orprinciples are […]
Do you believe that a morally good person will, at least in normal circumstances, also be assured of being a happy person? Why or why not?
Morally good person 1. We sometimes say that to be a good person, one must be “true tooneself.” Do you […]
What counts as external compulsion, in your opinion? Can compulsions be internal as well? Give some examples, and explain how it is that they interfere with our freedom.
1. Define freedom in your own terms, specifically outlining thoseaspects of yourself that you consider the basis of your ownconception […]
Explain who you are to a visitor from another planet.
Pharmacology 1. Describe yourself as a character in a novel. Describe the gestures, postures, revealing habits, characteristic word phrases you […]
