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What year was the song created? Where was the song created?Who is the musician/group of musicians?Is there any cultural or religious significance to the song?

Non-Western and Western Music

What year was the song created? Where was the song created?
Who is the musician/group of musicians?
What instruments were used in the song?
What background details can find about the group/musicians?
Is there any cultural or religious significance to the song?
What elements of music are present? (for example: Rhythm, Tempo, Pitch and Scale, Melody, Harmony, Dynamics, Tone Color/Timbre)
What do hear?
What similarities and differences can hear between my two choices?

 

Discuss the implications of meat-eating nonhuman animals in relation to moral consideration.Is it morally permissible to raise and kill animals to eat them in our society, where nutritious alternatives to animal foods are readily available?

Ethics week 5 discussion

Discussion Prompt

Select one of the three prompts below to respond to in your initial post this week. You are encouraged to respond to peers that explored prompts that you did not.

Discuss the implications of moral consideration on some of the following practices involving nonhuman animals: meat-eating habits, pet ownership, the use of nonhuman animals in experimentations, and keeping animals in zoos.

In what ways, if any, do any of the above actions represent incompatible, even contradictory, moral values?
Do humans have a moral obligation to modify our lifestyle in order to recognize the moral status of nonhuman others?

Do you believe any of the nonhuman animals mentioned above (pets, farmed animals, zoo animals, etc.) would qualify as moral subjects, and perhaps even moral agents?

Which ethical theory (utilitarian, social contract, Kantian, etc.) is most consistent with your outlook on animals?
(USLOs 5.1, 5.2, 5.3)

Discuss the implications of meat-eating nonhuman animals in relation to moral consideration.

Is it morally permissible to raise and kill animals to eat them in our society, where nutritious alternatives to animal foods are readily available?

If we were somewhere where there were inadequate non-animal foods, would that make a difference to the morality of using animals for food?

Which ethical theory (utilitarian, social contract, Kantian, etc.) is most consistent with your outlook on consuming animals?

Discuss the implications of having moral obligations toward animals.

Select one philosopher discussed either in the text or supplemental materials and discuss their perspective regarding moral obligations toward animals.

Do you believe we have any moral obligations toward animals? If so, what is the extent of these obligations? Why do we have these obligations (if we do)?

Are there different obligations toward different animals? Might certain uses of some animals be morally permissible, whereas using other animals in similar ways would be wrong? (E.g., might some experiments be wrong if done on chimpanzees, whereas morally permissible, or perhaps “less wrong,” if done on mice?

Design your own randomized controlled trial using the steps given in Chapter 8 of your textbook. :Discuss ethical issues that can arise in your study design.

Randomized Control Style

This assignment addresses design strategies and ethical issues associated with experimental studies.

Design your own randomized controlled trial using the steps given in Chapter 8 of your textbook.

You can use the example of a drug study in which is it appropriate to use a placebo or you can choose your own topic.

Discuss ethical issues that can arise in your study design.

What problem will you be investigating? Why is the problem worth investigating? What is the background to the problem, how did it develop, etc.? What organization will be the subject of your investigation? Provide appropriate information about the organization (history, mission/vision, industry, leadership structure, organizational structure, financial position, etc.) so the reader has a thorough understanding of the organization.

Title page – properly formatted according to APA formatting guidelines.

Abstract – properly prepared and formatted according to APA formatting guidelines.

What problem will you be investigating? Why is the problem worth investigating? What is the background to the problem, how did it develop, etc.? What organization will be the subject of your investigation? Provide appropriate information about the organization (history, mission/vision, industry, leadership structure, organizational structure, financial position, etc.) so the reader has a thorough understanding of the organization.

Provide a clear and concise statement to the problem to include key constructs associated with the problem. Make sure that you define the constructs within the problem and avoid generalizations. Use academic definitions to define your constructs. For example, if your problem involves leadership effectiveness, clearly define leadership and what ‘effectiveness’ means.

Identify one non-Western work of art and one Western work of art that is similar. For example, if you find one non-Western bowl for your non-Western piece, chose something similar, like a bowl or dish for your Western choice.

Non-Western and Western Art

The following discussion is worth 80 points. Using the Heilbrunn Timeline, identify one non-Western work of art and one Western work of art that is similar. For example, if you find one non-Western bowl for your non-Western piece, chose something similar, like a bowl or dish for your Western choice. For each piece of art, write at least 1 paragraph that fully explains all of the items on the critical thinking checklist. Be sure to provide the link to the piece in your explanation and use complete sentences.

 

Compare the way in which we elect Presidents in our current system to the proposal of the National Popular Vote movement. Which method is superior? Explain your answer.

Lesson Six Writing Assignment:

Explore the strategy of the National Popular Vote movement at this website: www.nationalpopularvote.com.

Compare the way in which we elect Presidents in our current system to the proposal of the National Popular Vote movement. Which method is superior? Explain your answer.