PHIL 3015 Johnson & Wales Nonviolence and Racial Justice Resistance Questions

PHIL3015 Exam 3

Choose three philosophy topics below and write three essay responses. Be sure to use appropriate texts
to provide evidence for your arguments. You must use the appropriate primary texts (those by the authors) to support your arguments.

Do not write about the same piece/philosophy text more than once on this exam.

Grading: You will be evaluated and graded using the PHIL3015 Essay Rubric (DOCX).

1. Martin Luther King Jr.: Nonviolence and Racial Justice
   What are the five points King makes about nonviolent resistance?
2. Susan Moller Okin: Justice, Gender, and the Family
   Detail at least three of the men–women inequalities that Okin describes. In your view, how serious
   are these?
3. Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Women
   What kind of “revolution in female manners” does Wollstonecraft envision?
4. Albert Camus: Life Is Absurd
   What is the point Camus is making by dwelling on the myth of Sisyphus?
5. Julian Baggini: Living Life Forward
   Does Baggini think that we need not find meaning in this life if there is life after death? Do you
   agree? Explain.
6. Louis P. Pojman: Religion Gives Meaning to Life
   Do those who do not believe in God have resources or advantages comparable with those that
   theism is supposed to provide? Explain.
7. Bertrand Russell: Reflections on Suffering
   What does Russell mean by “only on the firm foundation of unyielding despair can the soul’s
   habitation be safely built”?