A series of comics illustrating the face-off between the characters “God Blob” and a “skeptic” on the Logical Problem of Evil.
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Category Archives: Comics
To eat or not to eat..the bacon of course! (Comics)
Bob taking GET1029 wakes up one morning and decides to cook breakfast. While cooking some bacon, he looks at the bacon and gets reminded about the quiz he did the previous night on Norcross’s puppy argument, and wonders if it is wrong to consume factory farmed meat. He thinks about various issues with reference to the utilitarian argument, the various lines of attack as well as the rebuttals. (Click on graphic to see the whole story.)
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Newton & Eve (Comic)
This comic strip reframes the philosophical debate about compatibilism into the context of a wedding ceremony, where there stands two opposing beliefs about the compatibility of the lovebirds: Eve (symbolising Free Will) and Newton (symbolising Determinism). Our target audience is the common NUS student who might be interested in Philosophy.
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The 2nd order good of Cocoamine (Comics)
We have created a comic strip on the problem of evil by attempting to show how ironic it is when one attempts to justify inducing pain. The comic will revolve around a theist who tries to justify his evil act by explaining that it will bring about a 2nd order good.
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Prof., It is Immoral of You to Fail Us! (Poster)
This poster seeks to introduce utilitarianism and its limitations to NUS students, who will find our argument very relatable. We also aim to show that while utilitarianism is a popular theory to adopt, some do not subscribe to it. This makes conclusive remarks regarding right and wrong actions tricky.
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Peanuts featuring Factory-farmed Food (Comics)
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.
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The Problem With Consequentialism (Comics)
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.
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The Next Civil War (Comics)
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.
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Pet Lover’s Encounter (Comics)
The scope of our project was to translate the central ideas of Week 4’s topic into a comic strip. With this aim, the group members created a comic strip that takes place in a Chinese food stall. We hope to provide some knowledge illustrating Norcross perspective in an entertaining manner.
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Story of Piggy the Pet Pig (Comics)
We intend to appeal to meat lovers, questioning the difference between the factory-farmed animals we consume and the pets we keep. Furthermore, we want them to consider if such differences in treatment are justified. Why do we value some animals while subjecting others, even from the same species, to suffering?
W10G3
Tad Talks: Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? (Comics)
A Series of Unfortunate Comics (Comics)
A series of comics that encompasses the first eight topics of the module by highlighting certain aspects of every chapter through illustration and the actions of the characters, often involving death and the metaphysical. The purpose of this project serves to tackle the breadth of the module itself.
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Philosophy for Everyone: NUS Edition Comic Book Vol. I. (Comics)
We are doing a comic book for this project and will be making references to lecture materials. We will illustrate philosophy concepts in an entertaining manner which is easy to understand for everyone.
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Utilitarianism (Comics)
The aim of our comic strip is to educate and advocate utilitarianism in a simple and fun way such that it is easily understood by not just university students, but ordinary people as well. Utilitarianism is about choosing an action that produces the greatest overall human happiness in the world.
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