Overview
Answer the following homework questions.
The total length of your homework should be 1 – 1½ pages, double spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font:
Singer:
What is Singer's view on the following questions. If the answer is yes, explain why. If the answer is no, explain why.
If you can prevent something bad from happening at a comparatively small cost to yourself, are you obligated to do so? Are you acting immorally by buying yourself a luxury car while others are starving? Are your acting immorally by paying college tuition for your own children while other children have no opportunity for schooling?
Now, answer all of the above questions from your own perspective. If the answer is yes, explain why. If the answer is no, explain why.
Hobbes:
Describe Hobbes' state of nature? What are the conditions of life under it? What does Hobbes mean by "the right of nature?" What does he mean by a "law of nature"? Why does Hobbes believe we are obliged to keep our agreements?
Rawls:
What is the "original position"? What is "the veil of ignorance"? According to Rawls, what are the two principles of justice?