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Am Sonntag [1] unsere Familie (singular) in die Kirche. (gehen)

Fill in this chart with 3rd person pronouns.    Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural nominative [1] (he) [2] (she) [3] (it) [4] (they) accusative [5] (him) [6] (her) [7] (it) [8] (them)

What is meant by Louis Pojman’s “ideal observer”?  (Notice the parallel to Adam Smith’s “impartial spectator.”) What does it mean to say this idea is aspirational?

From the story The Guest: Describe which version of authenticity (Kierkegaard, Nietzche, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas) is exemplified by the host; describe which version of authenticity (Kierkegaard, Nietzche, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas) is exemplified by the guest.  Explain your answer and quote at least once from the text for each example.

Imagine you are wearing John Rawls’ “veil of ignorance.”  From this vantage point, imagine writing a paragraph that would be a part of a written constitution, (law of the land) for the nation into which you will be born. Write that paragraph.  How does this illustrate the qualities of any such rules or law according to Rawls?

EXTRA CREDIT! The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster is a parable.  Describe the most important lesson posed by the story about morality and the social contract?

Quote a passage from Billy Budd that exemplifies consequentialist moral reasoning and explain how it does so.  Describe how reading the novel improves your understanding of consequentialist moral theory.

This is an extra credit question and is worth up to 2 points. What insight(s) about the use of stories in learning about moral philosophy is(are) provided by the story, The Wandering Storyteller?

Compare & contrast David Hume’s view of moral judgment as sentiment with your text’s discussion of Martha Nussbaum’s view of fiction; how are they significantly similar and how are they significantly different?

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