Business Ethics Paper

Directions for Paper

Note: For each of the five questions you are required to provide a quotation from the relevant assigned reading(s) to back up your answer.

Long Answer Question (4-5 paragraphs):

1) According to Carl Hempel, what are the roles of induction and deduction in testing scientific hypotheses? What, exactly, is the distinction between deductive and inductive reason? What is the significance of this distinction with regards to our confidence in scientific knowledge? Give an example to illustrate your answer.

Short Answer Questions (1-2 paragraphed):

2) In "What is Enlightenment?" Kant makes a distinction between the public and private uses of reason. Explain this distinction. Also explain how Kant understands freedom of speech in relation to each of these uses of reason. Lastly, why is freedom of speech important for Kant?

3) Collins and Pinch claim that the scientific method is messier and that social factors play a larger role in the production of scientific knowledge than philosophers like Hempel would claim. What sorts of social factors do Collins and Pinch talk about? What are the consequences of all of this for how we should understand the nature of scientific knowledge?

4) In "What is Ideology?" Terry Eagleton claims that the Marxist tradition of studying ideology has largely concerned itself with epistemological issues. What does this mean? Can you give an example of how someone in this tradition might examine a particular ideology? Why is being able to examine ideology from this perspective important?

5) According to Linda Nochlin, what idea or concept is one of the primary reasons for why art historians are unable to answer the question "why are there no great women artists?" What kind of perspective on the history of artistic production does Nochlin believe would allow art historians to better grasp the history of artistic production?

Text Book: Business Ethics and Continental Philosophy by Mollie Painter-Morland and René ten Bos.
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