What is the new moral teaching that Jesus bringing according to The Beatitudes (The Sermon on the Mount from Matt. 5:1-12).
What is the new moral teaching that Jesus bringing according to The Beatitudes (The Sermon on the Mount from Matt. 5:1-12). What do you find in this sermon intriguing, problematic or difficult to comprehend? Can we live today as Jesus has taught?
What point is Jesus making about “who is my neighbour?” based on the parable of The Good Samaritan ( Luke 10:25-37). What do you find interesting or challenging in the commandments to love God and one’s neighbor?
What point is Jesus making about “who is my neighbour?” based on the parable of The Good Samaritan ( Luke 10:25-37). What do you find interesting or challenging in the commandments to love God and one’s neighbor?
Why is the Resurrection of Jesus such a key to the understanding of Christianity, especially as a “world religion”?
Why is the Resurrection of Jesus such a key to the understanding of Christianity, especially as a “world religion”? How do you understand a statement that the Resurrection is a “New Creation”?
Explain the context behind your question by utilizing resources like journal or news-paper articles.
Many people tend to think that philosophy is an abstract field of knowledge that is not limited by the real world. However, a lot of philosophy deals with the concrete material world. The applied philosophy assignment requires students to apply the theoretical texts we covered this semester to the real world. What can X’s philosophy reveal about the contemporary world? Why is X’s philosophy relevant to today’s problems? In what ways?
How to get full XP for the assignment:
1 Pick a philosophical text/idea we covered.
2 Briefly summarize said philosophical text/idea
3 Research a contemporary concrete question, event, invention, etc… that is relevant to our world situation – your question can be anything (about the elections, democracy, colonizing mars, designing babies, the nature of beauty, whether anti-vaxxers are reasonable etc….), the only requirement is that it must be relevant to our contemporary life (no questions about the distant future or past).
4 Explain the context behind your question by utilizing resources like journal or news-paper articles.
5 Explain how the selected philosophy helps us understand the philosophical elements behind your selected situation. – “How does philosopher “P” help us understand the complicated nature and depth of this question?”
OR
Use the philosophy to argue for a specific answer or solution to your concrete situation – “How does Philosopher “P”, help us conclude that “X””
Close Reading (300XP)
Format: Writing
A close reading is the reverse of a summary. While a summary is a shorter representation of the overall text, a close reading is a larger representation of a specific part of a text. You must do a close reading of a text assigned in class.
Your close reading must:
1 Select a passage (phrase or paragraph) in a text. The passage must be at the top of the page.
2 Explain what the passage means by relating it to the main thesis of the text.
3 Detail the argument that supports the selected passage.
4 Explain the importance of the passage and how it fits and operates within the larger text.
5 Define any key concept of ideas that are either in the passage or needed to explain the passage.
6 Provide an analysis of the passage.
How to do a close Reading
Structuring your Close Reading
Research (150XP)
Format: Writing
Provide a bibliography of relevant secondary sources on a concept, question, or position. Your bibliography needs to include at least 6 peer-reviewed articles and explain how each citation relates to your topic of choice. Your bibliography needs to follow the required formatting of either Chicago, MLA, or APA, and remain consistent throughout (this means that your citations must follow one formatting style throughout).
In order to receive full credit, your research assignment must
a.1 Select peer-reviewed articles/books/essays/secondary resource
a.2 Select articles/books/essays/secondary resource that relevantly discuss the text in question.
a.3 Each secondary resource must be accompanied by a short one paragraph explanation of how this relates to the main text in question.
a.4 The short explanatory paragraph must:
4.1 Detail the connection between the primary and secondary resource
4.2 Explain what the secondary resource adds to our reading of the primary resource.
Databases where you can find peer-reviewed Philosophy articles:
philpapers.org
philindex.org
google.scholar.com
academic.edu
researchgate.com
jstor.com
plato.stanford.edu
Library database
EXAMPLE
Nehamas, Alexander. “Meno’s Paradox and Socrates as a Teacher.” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, no. 3, 1985, pp. 1–30., doi:10.4324/9780203401552-16.
In this article, Nehamas discusses the Learner’s paradox found in Plato’s Meno. They specifically are looking to figure out the philosophical importance of Meno’s paradox. While many readers of Plato have posited that Meno is a stubborn character who exists only to provide Plato a platform for his theory of the Forms, Nehamas wants to argue that Meno’s concerns (namely the learner’s paradox) is a truly important and philosophically relevant issue within Plato’s view of Knowledge. If we see Meno’s objection to Socrates as philosophically relevant, then Nehamas argues, “we shall be able to connect this passage with certain other issues, some of which were of considerable importance in Plato’s philosophical thinking.” (Nehamas, 2)
Summary (250XP)
Format: Writing
Straightforwardly speaking, a summary is a shortened version of an original text. Your summary should be at least a full page single spaced and must present every major point and key concept in a text. Your summary should also detail every premise of a philosopher’s argument and explain how they lead to their particular conclusion. Do not stray away from the text or add any information that is not in the text. The point of a summary is to 1) make the text easier to read and 2) make it easier to understand. While summarizing is a kind of copying, it must be an original piece (i.e., you are not allowed to steal from the original text or from other people’s summaries – although quoting is allowed).
Good examples of summaries:
Calculate the Total Variable Cost, Average Fixed Cost, Average Variable Cost, Average total Cost and Marginal Cost in the table given below (All Cost are given in USD). [2 Marks]
| Labor (No of workers) | Output (Number of units) | Total Fixed Cost | Total Variable Cost | Total Cost | Average Fixed Cost | Average Variable Cost | Average total Cost | MC |
| 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 150 | 100 | |||||
| 2 | 5 | 150 | 25 | |||||
| 3 | 8 | 150 | 37.5 | |||||
| 4 | 10 | 150 | 55 | |||||
| 5 | 11 | 150 | 650 |
Why is the Resurrection of Jesus such a key to the understanding of Christianity, especially as a “world religion”?
Why is the Resurrection of Jesus such a key to the understanding of Christianity, especially as a “world religion”? How do you understand a statement that the Resurrection is a “New Creation”?
Create an abstract for your Social Issues Paper assignment.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Writing an Abstract (Links to an external site.). As a graduate student and a social advocate, you will need to become comfortable writing abstracts to summarize your paper’s topic or provide a “snapshot” of the issue. Crafting abstracts requires the ability to write concisely, a skill that is often developed or enhanced with practice.
This discussion forum gives you the opportunity to practice your own abstract writing skill by creating an abstract for your Social Issues paper that is due this week.
In your initial response, include the following:
- Create an abstract for your Social Issues Paper assignment.
- Discuss your approach to writing an abstract.
- Share anything you found easy or difficult about the abstract writing process.
What are the competitive strategies
For instance: Walmart/ Low Cost Leadership strategy. Chosen because they can achieve cost savings along the value chain that enable them to gain a competitive advantage in their industry by being the lowest cost provider. This discussion will enable you to research and discover different companies pursuing the various strategies and why they chose to pursue specific strategies.
Challenge Question: What are the competitive strategies
Write a 6–8 page paper on program evaluation based upon the Riverbend City scenario presented in this unit’s study.
As a program director, you would have the responsibility of conducting program evaluations. The Riverbend City scenario, A Day in the Life of a Human Services Leader, provides some insight into how a program director may need to conduct different types of program evaluations to meet various requests for information. This assignment will give you an opportunity to evaluate the three types of program evaluation to determine how the program is most effective in meeting the needs of a specific population.
In addition, a program director would adhere to ethical standards. For this assignment, you will critique the program director’s application of two ethical standards from the National Organization of Human Services relative to these program evaluations.
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment, write a 6–8 page paper on program evaluation based upon the Riverbend City scenario presented in this unit’s study. Distinguish the three different types of program evaluation and identify each of their functions, goals, and processes. Use the Riverbend City scenario to highlight specifically how these different program evaluations are being used and critique how multiple stakeholder perspectives are integrated to meet specific population needs, and how ethics are maintained in the process.
Be sure to address the following:
- Identify three types of program evaluation that were presented in the Riverbend City scenario.
- Describe the three types of program evaluation and their application in the scenario.
- Assess the program, utilizing the three types of program evaluations from the Riverbend City scenario.
- Examine ethical issues that arise in program evaluation, using at least two ethical standards from the National Organization of Human Services.
- Critique each program evaluation’s use of multiple stakeholders’ perspectives in determining their effectiveness for meeting the needs of special populations.
Your work should integrate the Riverbend City media presentation and references to your required readings. You are encouraged to support this paper with additional reputable sources.
Calculate the Total Variable Cost, Average Fixed Cost, Average Variable Cost, Average total Cost and Marginal Cost in the table given below (All Costs are given in USD).
| Labor (No of workers) | Output (Number of units) | Total Fixed Cost | Total Variable Cost | Total Cost | Average Fixed Cost | Average Variable Cost | Average total Cost | MC |
| 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 150 | 100 | |||||
| 2 | 5 | 150 | 25 | |||||
| 3 | 8 | 150 | 37.5 | |||||
| 4 | 10 | 150 | 55 | |||||
| 5 | 11 | 150 | 650 |
