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1. In Plato'sRepublic, Glaucon presents a three-part argument meant to show that justice is not natural but rather conventional. Present the first part of that argument - the part which has to do with the origin of justice.
2. In Plato's Republic, Socrates argues that justice is natural by describing the human soul. Summarize that description by: a.) explaining the parts of the soul; and b.) describing the just and unjust soul.
3. a.) Present one of the arguments cited by James Rachels which favors the position of ethical egoism. b.) Present Rachels' 3rd argument against ethical egoism - that from the "General Principle".
4. a.) Summarize utilitarianism as a moral theory. b.) Then present a case that provides an example of how a utilitarian might reason when deciding what to do in a particular situation.
5. Define negative responsibility and explain how it relates to the concept of integrity, according to Bernard Williams?
6. Present a moral issue/case and show how a Kantian would reason by appealing to the first and second formulations of the categorical imperative. (Make sure you state Kant's formulations of the categorical imperative in your answer.)
7. Present a case in which someone feels obligated with respect to two conflicting prima facieduties (from the list in Ross' ethics) and discuss how one would know whichprima facie duty is one's actual duty.
8. Present Fried's argument that lying is never (or almost never) the morally right thing to do by relating his understanding of truth, freedom, and speech.