Does moral behavior lead to happiness

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Research Paper Assignment

Format:
• double-spaced WITHOUT an extra line-space between paragraphs.
• Turabian styled
o footnotes
o 12-point font, standard margins, and page numbers.
o works cited

Instructions for writing Paper:
• This is a research paper. Yourjob is to research what a particular moral philosopher would say about a certain philosophical question.
• Selected one of the ethical questions below and one of the philosophers below and explain how the philosopher would answer the question.
o Some philosophers are easier to research than others.
o Some combinations are easier than others. For instance, 9+F would be much easier to research than 4+L.
o You can choose a philosopher that is not on this list of ancient white men, but you should consult with me first, because I don't want this to be harder for you than it needs to be.
• You must use a minimum of ACADEMIC3 sources.
o At least 1 primary source
o At least 1 secondary source
• Advice: Students ALWAYS do better on their assignments when they meet with their professor at least once well before the paper is due. I have office hours. You should come see me about your paper during office hours.

Select one question and one philosopher and describe how [Letter] would answer the philosophical question [number].

Philosophical Questions:
1. What does it mean to live a good life?
2. Can a society exist without laws?
3. How does someone become a good person?
4. Does moral behavior lead to happiness?
5. Is it ever moral to kill someone rather than letthem live?
6. Is suicide always wrong?
7. Should you report your best friend if they commit a crime?
8. How do we decide what is right or wrong in a globalized world? (Examples of moral issues that hotly contested across cultures: Child marriages, female circumcision, same-sex marriage)
9. Is it wrong to legally mandate vaccinations?
10. Are Stop-and-Frisk laws immoral?

Philosophers:

Mild
A. Socrates
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. Augustine
E. David Hume
F. Jeremy Bentham
G. Immanuel Kant

Spicy
H. Augustine
I. Thomas Aquinas
J. John Locke
K. Thomas Hobbes
L. John Stuart Mill
M. John Rawls
N. G.E.M. Anscombe

Fire
O. Frederick Nietzsche
P. Michel Foucault

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