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Introduction:
Chapter one:
Epistemology
What can we know with certainty? Research and method
Descartes' experiment: 1.empiricism, 2.realsim and 3.problematic experiments with sense data
Chapter two:
Religion
Can God be shown to exist?
The Teleological and Cosmological arguments
The Ontological argument. Pascal's argument; having a belief in God is a good bet
Can God be shown not to exist?
The Problem of Evil and other concerns
Faith, Marx and other commentary
(Optional)Excursus on Memes and Christianity
(Optional) Ten reasons for having a Christian belief
Chapter Three:
Existentialism
Escape from the human predicament
Chapter Four:
Freedom and Determinism
Chapter Five:
Society
Social and Political Philosophy
Are women naturally inferior to men?
The argument that marriage is an institution which enslaves women
A quick overview of the nature of marriage
Democracy, the Tyranny of the Majority, Capitalism, Communism
Chapter Six:
Ethics
Psychological and ethical egoism
Three basic moral principles:
Case studies:euthanasia, premarital sex, an anti-abortion argument,a pro-abortion argument,optional excursus on abortion,homosexuality, famine relief,anti-famine relief: see Hardin at http://www.garretthardinsociety.org/articles/art_ecolate_view_human_predicament.html,Optional,medical ethics: murder in the ER: a moral argument for socialized medicine, discrimination
Chapter Seven
Odds and ends discussions
Take me to a quick review/discussion of Starship Troopers
Commentary on problems by students:
Take me to reply 1 on the problem of evil
Take me to reply 2 on the problem of evil
Voldemort: why is Voldemort evil incarnate?
Voldemort and unconditional love
Take me to an interesting Cartesian thesis about art and dreams: What is real art?
Stories
Torched: **
YA story about bullying, homosexuality and ballet. Google, Teen life in the Tiny Kingdom.
Wheel of Fortune: Wheel
PTSD: Dragon
The New Industrial Revolution: Revolution
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