Our poster depicts Norcross’ argument against factory farmed meat and demonstrates possible logical flaws as per the Texan’s challenge.
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Category Archives: Poster
The Philodephian Times (Infographic)
A one-page standard newspaper broadsheet for a fictitious town called Philodelphia. It contains several elements within the newspaper, such as the main feature, top stories, advertisements and an opinions column.
W17G04
Factory Farming: To Eat or Not To Eat? (Infographic)
It’s an info graphic that shows both side of the factory farming argument, in addition to some facts that the reader should consider while debating this argument. We also leave unanswered questions to prompt the reader to think for themselves, and in so doing, hopefully pick up an interest in GET1029!
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The Jurassic Dilemma (Infographic)
The Jurassic Dilemma The scientist’s revival of a new specie of dinosaur have sparked outrage from experts and scientists around the world. The Jurassic Times published an infographics news article exploring the various facts and opinions of people with regards to the issue. Data relevant to the discussion were brought up and released to the public. This infographic news article includes experts from different fields contributed their views to the discussion. Data regarding the happiness level of the dinosaurs and the budget of the research were brought up as foundations for debate. All characters,events and quotes in the article were purely fictional.
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What’s the Difference? Donate Now! (Poster)
Our group would like to encourage citizens of the world to donate. We have used Peter Singer’s drowning child argument to propose that if one believes that he or she believes that there is a moral responsibility to save a drowning child, by that same logical thread, one should donate to charities to help with problems such as starvation; etc.
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Grand Opening!! Try our 3-course meal of factory-farmed meat and our secret recipe dessert! (Poster)
We present the for and against arguments with regards to the consumption of factory-farmed meat through the review of a newly-opened restaurant. The various arguments, presented in the style of a forum, provide the audience with multiple perspectives and factors of consideration to allow them to make an informed decision before deciding whether to patronise this restaurant.
W06G03
Factory Farming: To eat or not to eat?
We explore arguments for and against factory farming which we hope to present in a simple manner. The various arguments ought to get the audience thinking and make an informed decision that is ultimately based on rationality. We also outlined two additional original arguments in favour and against factory farming.
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Animals Behind the Meat (Poster)
Philosophy Challenge 2016-17 Semester 1
See here for more details. Some numbers:
- 447 Students
- 95 Projects
- 47 Video Projects
- 48 Posters/ Infographics/ Comics/ Other Projects
- 20 Semi-Finalists (13 video, 7 non-video)
- 11 Finalists (prizes*) (8 video, 3 non-video)
- 3 Top Projects (prizes*) + 1 Special Mention
*Prizes sponsored by USP Teaching Incentive Fund
Who took the last cookie from the cookie jar? (Poster)
We want to create a fun game in relation to Philosophy related to the principles of determinism. Our target audience is potential or current philosophy students.
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The Utilitarian Argument Against Shark Fin Consumption (Poster)
Taking the role of World Wide Fund for nature (WWF), our group aims to persuade consumers to decrease consumption of shark fin, by adopting a utilitarian perspective illustrated by a Shark Fins Consumption Argument Infographic Poster.
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The Philosophy of Moral Ethics (Poster)
This special project aims to educate non-philosophers about moral ethics. Using an A3-size poster, there will be an introduction to the three ethical theories taught in the module, followed by the analysis of three thought experiments, each featuring the response of a utilitarian, deontologist and a virtue ethicist.
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Which Moral Philosophy Do You Subscribe To? (Poster)
Noticeboard of Moral Philosophy (Poster)
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.
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Norcross’s Puppy Argument (Poster)
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.
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Should Batman kill the Joker? (Poster)
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.
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Are You More Agnostic Than You Think? (Poster)
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
Understanding Deontology & Consequentialism: A Descendants of the Sun (DOTS) exclusive (Poster)
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.
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Gamified Pokémon flow chart for discovery of the various ethical theories (Poster)
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.
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Trophy hunting is morally wrong, or is it? (Poster)
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
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The Different Kinds of Right and Wrong (Poster)
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 Mental Labyrinth that is the Philosophy of Religion (Poster)
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.
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