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Assignment:

Part A: Choose and answer two, and only two questions, from the four below:

1. What is the value of utopian thinking, according to Espen Hammer? Why does Hammer contend that we should focus our utopian imaginations on our relationship to nature? Do you agree with him, and why or why not?
2. Should unquestioned obedience to authority (e.g., military commanders, government officials, religious leaders...) override the basic demands of morality (e.g., not to murder, torture, etc.) in some situations? Explain and defend your answer.
3. Espen Hammer writes "The modern time frame brings about two fundamental forms of dissatisfaction." Summarize these forms of dissatisfaction and give examples.
4. How are the Fugitive Slave Act and Florida's Stand Your Ground Law similar in terms of the risk they pose to Black persons, according to Robert Gooding-Williams? Explain and support your answer.

Part B:

Climate change poses an existential risk to all living things on our planet. Utilize two or more of the ideas in this course to explain how we should think about climate change and its potential consequences, such as the myths of The Cave or Ring of Gyges, the rationality of belief in miracles, the ability of science to solve human problems, or how we understand death, time, and ourselves.