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Assessment Task - Short Answer Questions

Question 1: Are all good deeds inherently selfish?
This question asks whether we can consider a good deed to be inherently selfish. That is, can a good deed be truly altruistic?Are we not always rewarded in some way for doing good? Your response should reflect your learning throughout the modules, as well as other personal, professional, or academic perspectives and experiences. Remember it is the quality of your argument: how it is stated, how it is explained, and how it is justified; that we are interested in.

Question 2: Would you go back and kill baby Hitler?
If you had a time machine, would you go back and kill baby Hitler? This is not about the feasibility of time travel. But rather given what you know of Hitler's atrocities that have brought about generations of trauma, would you go back and commit the murder of baby Hitler to save the world from what was to come? Your response should reflect your learning throughout the modules, as well as other personal, professional, or academic perspectives and experiences. Remember it is the quality of your argument: how it is stated, how it is explained, and how it is justified; that we are interested in.

Question 3: Do we have a moral responsibility to practice ethical citizenship?
This question asks students to consider ethical citizenship, and whether they have a moral responsibility to practice ethical citizenship. How can citizenship be understood through a moral philosophical framework? What is the relationship between citizenship, and individual/national values? How does ethical citizenship shape how we understand our responsibility to fellow citizens, some of whom are vulnerable. Your response should reflect your learning throughout the modules, as well as other personal, professional, or academic perspectives and experiences. Remember it is the quality of your argument: how it is stated, how it is explained, and how it is justified; that we are interested in.

Question 4: Should parents have to obtainmandatory parenting licenses?
This question is based on Hugh LaFollette's argument in favour of parental licences. It asks whether people who wish to have children should apply for a parenting license. Your response should reflect your learning throughout the modules, as well as other personal, professional, or academic perspectives and experiences. Remember it is the quality of your argument: how it is stated, how it is explained, and how it is justified; that we are interested in.

Question 5: Are museums ethical?
This question speaks to whether museums, spaces that began in service of colonisation, are ethical. Here we consider issues such as their role in public education, on maintaining delicate objects, of displaying human remains, powers of representation, and repatriation. Your response should reflect your learning throughout the modules, as well as other personal, professional, or academic perspectives and experiences. Remember it is the quality of your argument: how it is stated, how it is explained, and how it is justified; that we are interested in.

Question 6:Should Artificial Intelligence (AI) make ethical decisions for humans?
This question addresses the rapid rise in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across various aspects of our lives, and whether AI should be used to make ethical decisions for humans. Can ethical dilemmas be resolved using AI algorithms? Can AI be useful in making ethical decisions in our places of work or in our personal lives? Can ethical decisions be made without human emotions? What are the implications of AI for how we understand ethical behaviour? Your response should reflect your learning throughout the modules, as well as other personal, professional, or academic perspectives and experiences. Remember it is the quality of your argument: how it is stated, how it is explained, and how it is justified; that we are interested in.

Question 7: Is it ethical to be a billionaire?
This question asks if possessing such enormous wealth is ethical. Can someone be this rich through means that do not exploit others? Should such disparities in wealth exist in society? Are billionaires rewarded as somehow virtuous in contemporary capitalism? Your response should reflect your learning throughout the modules, as well as other personal, professional, or academic perspectives and experiences. Remember it is the quality of your argument: how it is stated, how it is explained, and how it is justified; that we are interested in.

Question 8: Should humans explore outer space?
With a focus on space as the new frontier, this question asks not can, but should we explore space. What are the implications for this exploration on humans and beyond humans? Your response should reflect your learning throughout the modules, as well as other personal, professional, or academic perspectives and experiences. Remember it is the quality of your argument: how it is stated, how it is explained, and how it is justified; that we are interested in.

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