Please answer all the following questions. Questions can be answered in any
order and carry equal weight.
1 – To what extent, if at all, do you think the principles of utilitarianism
are used in
society today, both as in instrument of personal morality and public policy?
2 – Can you identify any elements of the ideas of Machiavelli in the life and
journey of Tupac Shakur, who was born three years before me?
3 â?? What is wrong, if anything is wrong, with pursuing a life of pleasure?
What would Epicurus and Nietzsche say to each other in a discussion of this?
4 â?? Under which circumstances would you agree that euthanasia is justifiable
or justified? Refer to the writings of at least one authority on each side of
the argument.
5 â?? Is freedom of speech under attack and how, if at all, can it be defended?
6 â?? Can you see any connection between immigration and ethnic conflict? What
method, that hasnâ??t yet been tried, would you use to solve that conflict