Our group produced a notice board where two pretend news article or fictitious story were produced to highlights the two moral theories: utilitarianism and political authority. These articles will simulate an alternative universe where different societies are guided by the moral ideologies that is most widely accepted by its members.
W18G4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFg_5Yn_F2U&feature=youtu.be
The aim of the project video is to expose people to Norcross’ argument and the counter argument, especially targeting lay audiences who do not have prior philosophical knowledge and mindsets. The proponent stated is mainly based on Lomasky’s argument against Norcross’ argument, to which we’ve simplified into a light-hearted video for better understanding
W15G5
https://youtu.be/ir1YwSzdOUs
Our short video applies the utilitarian perspective to the situation of organ donation, and we wish to engage a lay audience of any age interested in the more problematic aspect of adopting this paradigm – that is, the demandingness objection.
W15G4
We have presented Norcross’s Puppy Argument, comparing the actions of Fred and factory farmers, as well as Lomasky’s response. Our poster is designed for a general audience, with the goal of prompting greater reflection about the issue of factory farming.
W15G3
https://youtu.be/Nz3pzYuPGfk
The topic that we will be focusing on will be the Cosmological Argument from Week 7. We want to explain to the layperson about how the principle of sufficient reason proves that a theistic God exists in an entertaining way. It will be animated with a voiceover.
W15G1
Educate non-Philosophy students by explaining the LPOE in a creative manner.
Contradiction:
W12G3
https://youtu.be/6V7qb1j1ze0
Would you torture puppies if it enhanced your enjoyment of chocolate? What if we compared this to the torture that livestock experiences in factory farms? In this video, we use these examples to explain Norcross’ arguments against factory farming.
W11G2
Description: Using three normative ethical theories we have learnt, namely deontology, utilitarianism and virtue ethics, we try to show why Batman had always refuse to kill the Joker and reasons for why he should kill him.
W10G4
A poster designed as a light hearted magazine quiz-type exercise to both entertain and inform the general masses (but with a slant towards an appeal to youths) on the Problem of Evil as well as introduce the audience to philosophy and J. L. Mackie as a philosopher.
W9G3
We aim to edutain the lay young adult on 2 fundamental concepts of virtue ethics, deontology and consequentialism. We illustrated this utilizing a moral dilemma scene from the very popular Korean drama series, Descendants of the Sun (DOTS), so as to make it relatable and interestingly understandable.
W9G1
Our group aims to entertain and educate the general public about the consumption of factory-farmed meat through a series of Peanuts comic strips. Leveraging on Norcross’ Utilitarian Argument, we attempt to persuade meat-lovers, through humour, to stop consuming factory-farmed meat since it brings more misery than happiness altogether.
W7G4
https://youtu.be/-1TCNkLUXr4
Our project gives a brief explanation of Nick Bostrom’s Simulation Argument, using hand-drawn illustrations. Our aim is to give the general public a basic understanding of how we argue that we might possibly exist in a simulation.
W3G2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jyujL7MyeU
This video is our special project and it is a summary of GET1029 L04. It highlights the basic outlines of the utilitarian argument and Norcross’ Puppy Argument against consuming factory farmed products, as well as a few of Dr. Loren Lomasky’s replies to Norcross’ argument.
W2G4
Our group project will be centered on the problems of Consequentialism in determining the actual moral goodness of the outcome of a particular action. This will be illustrated through a short series of comics to better explain the problems with Consequentialism to interested peers and Philosophy beginners.
W2G3
The aim is to educate the target audience of NUS students on the various ethical theories and discovering the ethical theory they subscribe to. As most grew up with Pokémon, a game setting of Pokémon theme was chosen to attract their attention and facilitate the completion of the questionnaire.
W1G2
A Deontologist and utilitarian are both trying to convince an average individual, (someone not trained in philosophy) who is sitting on the fence, to join their side. Target audience: General public
W18G6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGRtftIn4m4
This light-hearted skit aims to tell students not to take philosophy (or in particular, eating meat) too seriously as it may be impractical and detrimental to health.
W18G5
Our aim is to introduce to a general audience, without any prior knowledge, the three main moral theories. To make it more interactive, we fashioned a flowchart to be a sort of personality quiz, so the reader could also get a general sense of which moral theory might apply to them.
W18G3
The aim of our project is to allow individuals, religious and non-religious alike, to critically analyse their notions on the existence of God. The premises of our flowchart are based upon Leibniz’s and Clarke’s Cosmological Argument and J.L.
Mackie’s Logical Problem of Evil.
W18G2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYTysfIw9g8&
Our video describes the Tunnel Problem, a modern interpretation of the Trolley Problem where self-driving cars have to choose between protecting passengers or pedestrians in an emergency. We aimed to spark an interest about this ethical and moral debate among a lay audience.
W18G1
In our comic, Team Captain and Ironman are fighting whether taxing the people for funding the Avengers is morally acceptable. This is because despite the benefits of having the Avengers around, it maybe counterweighted by taxing the poor against their best interests and their concerns about the use of tax.
W17G5
https://youtu.be/JHCdRCZ23Lg
This video aims to introduce Utilitarianism and Deontology through the eyes of an NUS student who has to decide between going to her Philosophy lecture or completing an essay due in four hours. Her imaginary Deontologist and Utilitarian friends pop up to give her their views.
W17G3