Category: Social Science – Philosophy

After considering the definitions of moral relativism and universalism, would you consider the values you hold to be relative or universal?  On controversial ethical issues, like abortion, euthanasia etc., what are the non-negotiables for you? If you take strong stances on ethical issues, or if you are unwilling to waver, then are you a relativist […]

After reading the assignments in module 2, imagine you are in the same situations as one of the fiction characters and real people. What moral decisions would you have made and why? How would emotions and the situational context have played a role?   The readings are the files below Instructions: Support your response by providing […]

. What do you understand as the good life? Do you think it is important to live the good life? Why or why not? And how will the study of philosophy, especially ethics, either enhance or inhibit your ability to live the good life? Explain your answer.  

   Assignment Expectations: The extent to which work includes the required components:  Complete a 3- page paper in which you do the following:   Read the case study the client population you are most likely to work with. Create 4 questions that you can ask the client as part of a clinical interview/assessment and explain […]

  We have covered patient confidentiality in our previous courses. Keeping in mind the scenario from Module 1 and Saras situation: Discuss healthcare workers privacy and confidentiality in ensuring all workers are safe in the worksite? Describe the role of the manager versus a leader in this scenario and how this situation should be handled.

 In consideration of Saras privacy and in an effort to educate members of the organization of the possible outbreak, what strategies/steps should the Department of Human Resources (HR) do to ensure health information is provided to all stakeholders? Explain each strategy and offer concrete information to support your viewpoint. Explain the implications of this problem […]

  View the video by :OCPHS1 (2014). What Is Tuberculosis? Retrieved from  Re-read the scenario from Module 1 to respond to the following questions: Identify relevant health behavior(s) that contributes to increasing and/or decreasing risk factor for contracting the disease. Identify and describe a surveillance system that monitors disease or health-related risk factors in the […]

  You are going to brand yourself.  The brand should reveal your mission, your values, your dreams, and an essential spirit of yourself.  To aid in this, you will use the SWOT Model found in Chapter 10 (p. 330-331).  Your project, which will be ONE document, will have 5 components: Page 1. A worksheet evaluating yourself, […]

1. According to the Mind/Brain Identity Theory, do mentalistic terms like belief or pain compete with physical terms like neuronal impulse or synaptic cleft? Should we aim to preserve the use of both mental terms and physical terms? Why or why not?  2. Reconstruct Descartes first argument for dualism. Is it valid? If not, why […]

  (i) a comparison of how at least 3 of the 4 theories we discussed in class (1 – The Analects of Confucius; 2 – The Daodejing/Laozi; 3 – The Bhagavad Gita; and 4 – Aristotle) view the relationship between moral rules and a good life. (ii) an example from your daily life that shows how one of […]