Socratic Dialogue (or Dialogue with Confucius) Midterm

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Minimum 9 pages long. Compose an imaginary dialogue debating a topic (see assigned readings for each issue). Socrates (or Confucius) should perform three functions:
1. Clarification of main areas of agreement and disagreement about the issue: i.e., Socrates must identify at least two opposing theses on the issue
2. Paraphrase some key arguments offered on both sides for these theses, as Socrates asks questions about them, while he moderates the debate
3. Evaluation of what the others say to Socrates about the ethical problems involved with the topic, by having Socrates offer to them a gentle, indirect critique of the best arguments he can find in answer to his questions
You must write ONE Socratic dialogue, on any one of the following topics:

Animal rights: due Feb 21:

Dialogues must be handed in to the professor (via Moodle) during the appropriate due date time frames specified above. Late Socratic dialogues will not be accepted. You will be graded according to (1) your understanding of the readings and issues; (2) grammar / clarity / spelling / etc.; (3) the insightfulness of your evaluation of the key themes; (4) how well you follow the instructions on the handout that is given to you with all the necessary instructions for writing a good Socratic dialogue (source: Peter Kreeft, Socratic Logic, edition 3.1, pp. 344-347). Format is: size 12 font, 1.0-inch margins, double-spaced between speakers, otherwise single-spaced.

Instructions (how to write a good Socratic dialogue) http://morec.com/socratic/

Film Review And Presentation

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Independent Film Review & Presentation (125 points) 

Each student is required to pick a movie that highlights a historical or current social justice issue/movement and turn in a 1-2 page review of the film and submit a power point slide presentation (max 10 slides). Along with your presentation, provide a prompt that students can respond to. 

*Please note that only one student will be allowed to report on any given film, so each student MUST have their film choice approved in advance. 

An ideal film is one that is likely to be both enjoyable and provide valuable insights into various social justice issues and movements. 

Essays & Powerpoint presentations are to be posted in the corresponding assignment links by the due date. 

Item 1: Film Review Essay (written in APA) 75 points 

Be sure to construct your essay to have the following sections and answer each prompt appropriately: 

Topic Summary 

Give a summary of what the film is about as it relates to social justice and health (Avoid being vague I learned a lot about social justice be specific) 

Topic Discussion: 

Relevance of the film to your field. Provide insights about social justice and advocacy considering the topics and focus of the film 

Recommendations for my field 

Provide recommendations for your field (ex: how your profession can work to eliminate such injustices; theory to practice). What intervention opportunities you would use to bring awareness of this (education, media, songs, action/advocacy etc.) 

Conclusion: 1-2 paragraph(s) concluding the topic and writeup 

Item 2: Film Review Presentation 35 points 

Create a powerpoint presentation corresponding with your write-up report and include a discussion prompt viewers can respond to. Submit to corresponding Discussion Board Thread 

Read and respond to one students presentation AND their discussion prompt. Your presentation was cool or good will not count. Your response should add/facilitate the topic.

Week 7 Discussion

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Discuss the following: 1. Explain the contents of human resource information management and address how a human resource information management system based on blockchain would look. You are required to cite this weeks assigned readings in your paper. You may also cite prior week’s reading assignments and external sources if you wish.

Use the following headings to organize your paper: Introduction, Question 1, Conclusion, References.

Submit your paper as a Word attachment in the discussion forum. I provide feedback within the paper and will not grade your post unless you submit it as an attachment. Your response to the discussion prompt should contain a minimum of 500 words and it should be submitted no later than Tuesday before 11:59 pm EST.  Your response should be formatted in APA style and reference this week’s readings.

Use below material-

From the Text:

 Arun, J. S., Cuomo, J., & Gaur, N. (2019). Blockchain for Business. New York: Pearson Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 0-13-558135-4  

1. Chapter 5 from Blockchain for Business

From the UC Library: Access the Library at  and Search by Title

2. Wang, X., Hui Zhang, L. F., Lyu, C., & Yue You, L.W. (2017). Human resource information management model based on Blockchain technology. IEEE Symposium on Service-Oriented System Engineering, 168-173. DOI: 10.1109/SOSE.2017.34

Follow the following writing requirements for all of your discussion prompt responses (note that these writing requirements DO NOT apply to your responses to other students):

Writing Requirements for All Assignments:

  • References MUST be cited within your paper in APA format. Your reference page and in-text citations must match 100%. Papers without in-text citations will earn failing grades.
  • Always include a cover page and reference page with all submissions
  • Your paper must have headings in it. For discussion posts Introduction, Prompt/Question, and Conclusion will suffice as headings.  
  • Provide the EXACT web link for all online sources do not provide just the home page, but the EXACT LINK I check all sources
  • No abbreviations, no contractions write formally
  • Write in the third person formal voice (no first or second person pronouns)
  • Write MORE than the minimum requirement of the word count assigned
  • As always, the word count is ONLY for the BODY of the paper the cover page, reference page, and / or Appendix (if included) do not count towards the word count for the paper
  • Indent the first line of each new paragraph five spaces
  • Refer to the example APA paper in the getting started folder under the content tab if you need an example. Also, a power is provided under the information tab that addresses APA format.
  • Use double-spacing / zero point line spacing, a running header, page numbers, and left justify the margins.

IP1

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Considering your research problem that you presented in the Discussion Board, locate 1 published dissertation (within the last 5 years) using each of the following: 4-6 PAGES

  • A study  described by the author as being a phenomenology or phenomenological  study 
  • A study  described by the author as being a grounded theory study 
  • A study  described by the author as being a case study 

For each dissertation and methodological choice, prepare a discussion of each dissertation source that includes the following:

  • Full APA  citation(s) in proper format 
  • Authors   abstract 
  • Your annotation, which includes an analysis of the following: 
    • An overview, in your own words, of the qualitative research design 
    • The population from which participants were recruited 
    • The sampling plan used by the researcher 
    • Brief description of the data collection procedures 
  • Your  evaluation of the effectiveness of the above.