Overview
Your final will be a long writing assignment. A minimum of 6 pages, double spaced and in Times New Roman 12-point font with standard margins.
Your final incorporates all of the philosophical theories you’ve learned in this course.
Your prompt is as follows:
Describe what, in your opinion, would constitute a perfect society.
Consider all of the following factors:
- What ethical system will be followed?
- Will be it be strictly Kantian, Millian or Aristotelian? Will it be some combination of them?
- If it is a combination, what are you including and excluding, and why?
- Why is this your choice and how does it contribute to a perfect society?
- What are your reasons for excluding other theories as the basis for your society?
- Will be it be strictly Kantian, Millian or Aristotelian? Will it be some combination of them?
- What is the system of government?
- Why are you choosing this system?
- Why are you not using other systems?
- What is your theory of justice?
- Consider Rawls, Hobbes and Singer.
- How do they influence your system of justice?
- What are you including and why?
- What are you excluding and why?
- Consider Rawls, Hobbes and Singer.
- Convince me that your system is the ideal system. Whether I agree or not, give your strongest arguments in favor of your point of view.
- Now consider objections others might have
- What would people disagree with? How and why would they disagree?
- How do you answer your critics?
- Finally, what steps should we, as a 21st century society, take towards coming close to your vision of an ideal society.
- What can you do as an individual?
- What should those in government do?
- What should educators and other civil servants do?