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Moral Relativism
Moral Relativism
Overview
In this discussion, you will converse about individual and cultural moral relativism, along with the objections to each. The purpose of this discussion is to practice thinking about ethics and philosophy.
Use information from assigned texts from this Module to answer these discussion questions.
Why do many ethicists and philosophers reject both individual moral relativism and cultural moral relativism?
What are the strongest objections to both of these theories?
Are these objections decisive?
Instructions
Please use spell-check and write in complete sentences. Post your initial post (no less than one full paragraph) by the third day that the discussion is open. For an A, three replies to your peers (3–5 full sentences) on three different days of the week are needed. Please also see the discussion rubric.
See the Schedule and Course Rubrics pages in the Syllabus Module for due dates and grading information.
Organizational Design Analysis
Organizational Design Analysis
Ohioana Department of Development
The Ohioana Department of Development (ODOD) administers a wide variety of programs to promote economic development, facilitate business growth, and create and retain jobs. The Department uses a combination of state and federal funds, tax incentives, and collaborates with other state agencies to accomplish these goals. ODOD fulfills its mission through five program divisions, and its central administrative offices. The five program divisions are
Strategic Business Investment
Urban Development
Global Markets
Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Technology and Innovation ODOD has a total of 464 full‐ and part‐time employees.
The information this paragraph, with slight modifications, was taken from the LSC Greenbook: Analysis of the Enacted Budget – Department of Development by Brian Hoffmeister, July 2009.
The Governor of Ohioana is an unhappy with the performance of ODOD. She thinks the Department is too slow to make decisions and to respond to the needs of businesses, particularly in the fast-paced areas of technology and energy. The Governor thinks that businesses seeking information and assistance too often get passed around from division to division to address different needs. This creates delays, confusion, and frustration among individuals and businesses seeking assistance. She also thinks that ODOD personnel are too isolated within the capital city,
Cowtown, and do not understand the unique needs of the five unique regions of the State – Central Urban, Eastern Rural Plains, Northern Lake, Southern Appalachia, and Western Breadbasket. As a result, she thinks that Ohioana is losing out on opportunities to attract new businesses and to grow jobs in the state, particularly in fast-paced areas, such as technology and energy, that will be the areas of future economic growth if
the state can attract and grow such businesses.
The Governor is seeking a recommendation from you regarding how to address these issues and improve the organizational performance by changing the organizational structure.
Write a 3-4 page memo to the Governor that:
Clarifies the current situation by:
Identifies the current organizational structure type
Identifies the characteristics that define the organizational type
Explains how the current type contributes to the problems identified by the Governor.
Then make a recommendation for a new structure. In doing so, you should:
Identify the type of structure you are recommending.
Explain why the new structure will address the issues identified by the Governor
Provide a visible representation of the new structure in an organizational chart – For an example, see Figure 1.
Finally, discuss at least two other factors, outside of the organizational structure, that may need to be addressed (or steps ODOD would need to
take) to obtain improvements in the agency’s performance
Writing Best Argumentative Essay
Writing Best Argumentative Essay
Understanding how arguments work in the real world is the first step to creating our own effective arguments. Thus, for the Argument Analysis assignment, you will analyze the structure and content of the following essay:
“Raising a multilingual family is hard – what makes it work? (Links to an external site.)” by Olga Mecking, Aeon (PDF)
https://aeon.co/ideas/raising-a-multilingual-family-is-hard-what-makes-it-work
When you are ready to start composing your analysis, make sure to review the chapters “An Introduction to Argument,” “The Four Pillars of Argument,” and “Writing a Rhetorical Analysis” in Practical Argument.
In your analysis you mustidentify the thesis of the essay in question describe the types of evidence used by the author to defend the thesis, and assess whether the evidence is logical and effective.
A superior analysis may also identify the assumptions made in the essay and assess whether readers are likely to agree with thoseassumptions.
Your analysis should present a thesis and offer convincing evidence in support of every claim that you make. As a model for your own paper, you are encouraged to apply the concepts and examples described in the “Rhetorical Analysis” chapter of the textbook.
Need help getting started? Use this prewriting guide or this worksheet for argument analysis (Links to an external site.)
Need help revising and editing? Use this revision and editing guide. These guides from The Little Seagull Handbook are helpful as well: Editing
(Links to an external site.), Proofreading (Links to an external site.).
Minimum Requirements
At minimum, every paper written for [English class] must address the assignment prompt and communicate adequately using standard grammar and punctuation. If the paper does not address the prompt or fails to meet the minimum word requirement, the paper will receive no credit.
Failure to use correct grammar and punctuation will result in a failing grade if the errors are so significant or frequent that they disrupt communication.