Implicit Bias (PP15)

Take one of the following Implicit Association Tests (Harvard University research) and post your score. Print your results and bring to class for our discussion. Test Options: Race, Arab - Muslim, Weight, Native, Gender - Career

US Civics (PP14)

Take the Civic Engagement Quiz developed by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and post your score. Print your results and bring in to class.

How Free Are We (PP13)?

Keeping in mind the class discussion on social norms and cultural roles and expectations, how much freedom do we really have in our choices/behavior. Please be sure to defend your position.

Roe v Wade (PP12)

Please read the 1973 US Supreme Court Decision in the case of Roe v Wade provided via the linked Cornell University Law School website. Discuss the following: What did the Supreme Court say about personhood, privacy, and state rights and obligations? Was the Supreme Court capricious in its decision or was the case carefully considered and the reasoning sound? Why or why not?

Pascal's Wager (PP11)

Using your textbook and the class handout, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Pascal's Wager.

What Is Freedom? (PP10)

What precisely is freedom? Defend your position.

'Self" and End of Life (PP9)

Listen to this Podcast with Raymond Tallis (from Philosophy Bites) and discuss the end of life in the context of self identity.

What is Religion? (PP8)

What exactly is religion? Attempt to define it (briefly).

The Problem of Evil (PP7)

Describe the problem of evil (including arguments and rebuttals) in your own words. What do you conclude from this?