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English 12 Blocks 1/2: Homework for Friday

Complete a good copy from one of the 3 paragraphs we've written in the last 2 weeks. Send it to me via Share in Office 365 by ~~Wednesday, Nov. 1~~. Friday, Nov. 3.

Did you miss last Monday's spelling test? See me ASAP!

Grammar:

Review these sites (one and two) on "subject and predicate".
Review these sites on sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
Review these sites (one and two) on subject verb agreement.
Review this site on parallelism.
Review this site on confusing words.
Review this webpage on complex sentences.

Philosophy 12 Block 3: Homework for Friday

Journal Roundup #1: Complete a good copy from one of the 8 journals we've written since September. Send it to me via Share in Office 365 by Friday, Nov. 3.

Get all the notes on Kantianism.

Complete the following journal entries if not finished:

8. Would you be willing to go to a slaughter-house and personally kill a cow?* Would that affect your eating habits? [*Stipulation: The staff will process the cow and you’ll receive a freezer full of prime A beef for free.
7. There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However, you notice that there is one person on the side track. You have two (and only two) options. What do you do? Why?
6. Where would you choose to be if you could place yourself anywhere on a scale from one to ten, where one is sacrifice and struggle, but extraordinary accomplishment (in the eyes of others) and ten is comfort and peace of mind, but no accomplishment. Why?
5. Would you accept $1,000,000 on the condition that you can never again own a smartphone? Would you do it if you could never again use the Internet?
4. Whom do you admire most? In what way does that person inspire you? How does that person live a “good life”?
3. Would you be willing to murder an innocent person, and go to jail for life, if it would end hunger in the world? Explain!
2. Do you feel that advice from older people carries a special weight because of their greater experience?
1. Would it disturb you much if you knew that, upon your death, your body would be simply thrown into the woods and left to rot? Why?