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No you

[webadict]

Cheeetar: He's right, though. There's lots of people missing. Maybe there's a bonus they get from lurking, but it's unnecessary to lurk this much. For anyone. It's been you, me, Mr.Person, and Jim Groovester. Other people show up rarely to post like ToonyMan, who should be boosted up the scum scale for mimicking my list.

[Cheeetar]

I assume you're talking about Mr. Person and him talking about lurkers.
It's not that I disagree with him, but why isn't he doing anything about it?

[webadict]

I dunno, but he could do something about it as scum, too. I'm just a little undecided.

[ToonyMan]

Cheeetar: He's right, though. There's lots of people missing. Maybe there's a bonus they get from lurking, but it's unnecessary to lurk this much. For anyone. It's been you, me, Mr.Person, and Jim Groovester. Other people show up rarely to post like ToonyMan, who should be boosted up the scum scale for mimicking my list.

I don't know man.  Just because a scum dude says something that might be considered fact doesn't change the issue at hand, man.

[Org]

I am having some trouble using Photoshop.
:I

[Pandarsenic]

Pandarsenic: Request a replacement. If all you can do is post active lurking posts twice a day or so then you shouldn't be playing this. If you don't request a replacement I'll assume you're scum using your tests as an excuse to active lurk and not contribute at all.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. The exam should be typed. It should be 6-8 pages (1500-2000 words). (It is my estimate that an A answer to the questions will require this many words, but of course, there is no guarantee that if you write that many, you will get an A.) It should be submitted as a hard copy, not an email attachment. The test is due Tuesday June 8 by 9 AM. Bring it to your TA’s office. If he is not there, slide it under the door. There will be a penalty of one grading increment for each day late (that is, a B test will be marked down to B-minus, and so on.) No exams will be accepted after Thursday, June 10 at noon. So if we don’t have your test by Thursday, your grade in the course will be will be F. (To pass the course, you must complete all three tests.)
2. The two 40 point questions are meant, in part, to give you an opportunity to show that you have done the reading. So to get a good grade on them, you must provide some evidence that you have done the reading, in the form quotes from the reading. That is, at least some of the claims you make about the views of the philosophers you discuss should be supported by quotes. The quotes must have identifying page references. (No particular citation format is required. But you need to make it clear where you got the quote and the page.)
3. The exam should be your own work. Evidence of collaboration with other students will be reported to the relevant university authorities as academic dishonesty. Of course, plagiarism, as from websites, will be reported too. Anything you get from somewhere else has to be identified with a footnote.

QUESTIONS.
1. Answer A or B (40 points)

A. Mill and Aristotle both make use of the idea that the good life for a human is a life spent doing distinctively human things. What are their arguments for this conclusion (how do they attempt to establish this)? Is Mill’s idea of what would be involved in living a life doing distinctively human things the same as Aristotle’s? Why or why not?

B. Compare and contrast ordinary act utilitarianism with the two versions of the categorical imperative (the formula of universal law and the formula of humanity as an end it itself). To what extent do they yield similar conclusions? To what extent do they yield different conclusions? You will need to take account of the distinction, in Kant, between perfect and imperfect duties. You might consider what the principle of utility would say about the cases that Kant considers when giving examples of the application of the categorical imperative.



2. Answer A or B (40 points)

A. Mill and Aristotle both give an important place to justice. Explain how justice fits into Mill’s utilitarian framework. Explain how Aristotle understands the requirements of justice. How do their two accounts of justice differ? Can they be regarded as focusing on different aspects of the same moral idea? If so, how do their views fit together? If not, why not?

B. Hume and Mill both offer theories of justice. They both seem to understand justice in terms of a structure of rules that give each individual a certain moral “space” where they are protected from interference by other people. But they offer different accounts of the ultimate justification that humans have to create this structure of rules. Explain how each understands the ultimate justification for creating the structure of rules associated with justice.


3. Answer A, B, or C (20 points)

A. Locke says we acquire property in material things by "mixing our labor" with them. In his discussion he suggests three more particular moral mechanisms that might underlie this idea. What are they? How successful are they in explaining why mixing one's labor with something creates a property right in it? One of Locke’s provisos says that there must be as much and as good left for others. According to what was said in lecture, can this condition be met in the modern world or not?

B. Locke is concerned to establish that there is a moral requirement to obey the law. What, in his view, gives later generations a reason for obeying the law? What would Kant say about this? Using the test specified by the first version of the Categorical Imperative (the formula of universal law), as interpreted in class, determine whether members of later generations are morally required to obey the law. That is, formulate a maxim and test it.

C. Nussbaum's discussion of when we can regard people as legitimately living under cultural arrangements different from those in the West suggests that we can do this only when everyone in the society has certain core functional capabilities. They may then freely choose not to exercise them. List four of the functional capabilities that she mentions and briefly say what is involved in them. Nussbaum can be regarded as providing a theory that is Aristotelian in spirit. How is a capabilities-based approach Aristotelian?

[ToonyMan]

I am having some trouble using Photoshop.
:I

I would try using less advance image programs first.  Or read a tutorial, try it out and stuff.

Pandarsenic: Request a replacement. If all you can do is post active lurking posts twice a day or so then you shouldn't be playing this. If you don't request a replacement I'll assume you're scum using your tests as an excuse to active lurk and not contribute at all.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. The exam should be typed. It should be 6-8 pages (1500-2000 words). (It is my estimate that an A answer to the questions will require this many words, but of course, there is no guarantee that if you write that many, you will get an A.) It should be submitted as a hard copy, not an email attachment. The test is due Tuesday June 8 by 9 AM. Bring it to your TA’s office. If he is not there, slide it under the door. There will be a penalty of one grading increment for each day late (that is, a B test will be marked down to B-minus, and so on.) No exams will be accepted after Thursday, June 10 at noon. So if we don’t have your test by Thursday, your grade in the course will be will be F. (To pass the course, you must complete all three tests.)
2. The two 40 point questions are meant, in part, to give you an opportunity to show that you have done the reading. So to get a good grade on them, you must provide some evidence that you have done the reading, in the form quotes from the reading. That is, at least some of the claims you make about the views of the philosophers you discuss should be supported by quotes. The quotes must have identifying page references. (No particular citation format is required. But you need to make it clear where you got the quote and the page.)
3. The exam should be your own work. Evidence of collaboration with other students will be reported to the relevant university authorities as academic dishonesty. Of course, plagiarism, as from websites, will be reported too. Anything you get from somewhere else has to be identified with a footnote.

QUESTIONS.
1. Answer A or B (40 points)

A. Mill and Aristotle both make use of the idea that the good life for a human is a life spent doing distinctively human things. What are their arguments for this conclusion (how do they attempt to establish this)? Is Mill’s idea of what would be involved in living a life doing distinctively human things the same as Aristotle’s? Why or why not?

B. Compare and contrast ordinary act utilitarianism with the two versions of the categorical imperative (the formula of universal law and the formula of humanity as an end it itself). To what extent do they yield similar conclusions? To what extent do they yield different conclusions? You will need to take account of the distinction, in Kant, between perfect and imperfect duties. You might consider what the principle of utility would say about the cases that Kant considers when giving examples of the application of the categorical imperative.



2. Answer A or B (40 points)

A. Mill and Aristotle both give an important place to justice. Explain how justice fits into Mill’s utilitarian framework. Explain how Aristotle understands the requirements of justice. How do their two accounts of justice differ? Can they be regarded as focusing on different aspects of the same moral idea? If so, how do their views fit together? If not, why not?

B. Hume and Mill both offer theories of justice. They both seem to understand justice in terms of a structure of rules that give each individual a certain moral “space” where they are protected from interference by other people. But they offer different accounts of the ultimate justification that humans have to create this structure of rules. Explain how each understands the ultimate justification for creating the structure of rules associated with justice.


3. Answer A, B, or C (20 points)

A. Locke says we acquire property in material things by "mixing our labor" with them. In his discussion he suggests three more particular moral mechanisms that might underlie this idea. What are they? How successful are they in explaining why mixing one's labor with something creates a property right in it? One of Locke’s provisos says that there must be as much and as good left for others. According to what was said in lecture, can this condition be met in the modern world or not?

B. Locke is concerned to establish that there is a moral requirement to obey the law. What, in his view, gives later generations a reason for obeying the law? What would Kant say about this? Using the test specified by the first version of the Categorical Imperative (the formula of universal law), as interpreted in class, determine whether members of later generations are morally required to obey the law. That is, formulate a maxim and test it.

C. Nussbaum's discussion of when we can regard people as legitimately living under cultural arrangements different from those in the West suggests that we can do this only when everyone in the society has certain core functional capabilities. They may then freely choose not to exercise them. List four of the functional capabilities that she mentions and briefly say what is involved in them. Nussbaum can be regarded as providing a theory that is Aristotelian in spirit. How is a capabilities-based approach Aristotelian?

And??

[Pandarsenic]

He thinks I don't have finals. I'm telling him if he doesn't want to wait for me to finish, he can answer those questions for me.

Doing 1a and 2a, not sure for the third question, if you feel like taking me up on that.

[Leafsnail]

The day drags on, and when it descends into discussion about software rather than about who is trying to kill you, you decide it would be best to end it here.

Solifuge: Mr.Person
Mr.Person: ToonyMan, webadict, Org, Solifuge, Cheeetar
Cheeetar: Jokerman-EXE
ToonyMan: Jim Groovester

Mr.Person prepares his final plea, but struggles to respond to a shotgun blast to the head.  He falls to the ground twitching and convulsing, but before you can examine his corpse he... vanishes into thin air?

After confirming that every trace of him is gone from this world, you return to your beds confused.  It truly is horrible ettiquette to not even leave a body behind for your killers.

Mr.Person has vanished into thin air.  He is missing.

Get all night actions in now.  I'll be doing some serious prodding tomorrow (real life tomorrow).

[Leafsnail]

SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY EXAMS AND STUFF SHOULD HAVE IT DONE BY TOMORROW

[Leafsnail]

Sorry, kindof busy at the moment, so keeping it flavour light for now.  I will provide some proper flavour for everything now.  If you need to know something, you know it.  If you got no message, assume your action pulled off without a hitch.

Jim Groovester has been stabbed in the back.  He was GreenWorrier0.

Lurking is your speciality... in fact, you know everything about it.  So much so that you can work out alignments based on it.

Every night, you may inspect someone.  That person has to have posted less than you in the previous day.

New mechanic activated: BYOR: PE.

The game is now on hammers.  With 9 alive, it takes 5 votes to lynch.

The deadline is 21st December 2012.

[Org]

Webadict is town.
I cannot vote.

[Org]

Or the thing is wrong. Yeah, I did the Cobrascenic or what not thing.

[ToonyMan]

Yeah if Mr.Person was town he would have told us about him not flipping alignment on death so he's scum no need to fret over that bit.