There are many different religions in the world, and many people have, or claim to have, no religions beliefs. Which religions beliefs, if any, should you accept? Why?
- what makes a belief a 'religious' belief, as opposed to different kinds of beliefs, like 'scientific' beliefs or 'moral beliefs' or 'life principles' and so on?
- What 'should' people belief in general? Are there any good principles to guide what we should and should not believe?
- What about other people? What should they believe?
Please write an answer to this question, at least a half page, if not a lot longer. If you wish to say more, you can also discuss some potential answers to these questions that are different from your answers: what would others say? How would you respond to them.Reading and discussion: A Right to Be Wrong.
- Sign up for the Google Group and get a Turnitin.com account (details on the syllabus): all work must be submitted through Turnitin. This semester we are going to try doing everything electronically and so not having work in hardcopy. This is a change from the syllabus.
- Get the books.
- Start reading the Rulebook for Arguments, the first sections and the chapter on deductive arguments, as well as the Dialogue book. Take a look at the other books too.