Prompt:Link for assigned book:https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebracmpdizyq4remy2bhoctaukobu4zuqqpehoxgk5hmkp4iqdzcw?filename=Philip%20K.%20Dick%20-%20Do%20Androids%20Dream%20of%20Electric%20Sheep_%20%28S.F.Masterworks%29%20%281999%29.pdfFor the midterm essay portion, submit a 5 paragraph essay into the Turnitin link that will become available when the midterm window begins (March 7th). This is considered a take home essay, meaning that you are not timed and can work on it freely throughout the next week for later submission.Choose one of the following prompts to write on:1. In the novel, animals are so rare because most are extinct, and they are tended very carefully, but not out of compassion or love--only as status symbols prized for their ability to confer an aura of success on their owners. What does the novel have to say about Western consumerism? About Western values in general? How current are these ideas? Can you apply any theories or ideas found in any of our other texts in this class about consumerism to any of the issues that you see raised in the novel? 2. One important question is “what is it to be human?” What is Dick’s answer to this question? How are androids and humans contrasted in this novel, and to what purpose? Is his view of human nature inherently negative, positive, mixed, or ambiguous? Can you apply any theories or ideas about human nature found in any of our other texts in this class to any of the issues that you see raised in the novel?3. One of the goals of the novel is to show that so long as humans are anxious about their own tools, those tools will be seen as having some innate power over mankind. In other words, regardless of technology's fallibility, if humans regard themselves as less smart or less able than their tools, then they will be at the mercy of their tools. Technology will advance, regardless of what the majority of humanity feels about that technology. Any struggle to remain the ruler or owner of new technology will surely fail. Is this a reasonable viewpoint? What does the novel say about the relationship between humans and technology? About inevitable technological progress? Can you apply any theories or ideas about the relationship between humans and technology found in any of our other texts I this class to any of the issues that you see raised in the novel?*Be sure to include at least three quotes total, one of which should be from a different text we’ve read apart from the novel*For citation from the novel, use this format: (Dick, 110)For citation from our text, use this format: (Author, 493)No bibliography requiredPhilosophy 140 Midterm Essay Grading RubricIntroduction and Conclusion______ Introduction (0 - 5): Does the introduction contain a specific, underlined thesis statement (the claim you intend to prove)? How well does the first paragraph introduce your topic and the issue in question? Is your introduction within five sentences? ______ Conclusion (0 – 5): How well did you state what you have accomplished in your essay? Do you convey the wider ramifications? Is your conclusion within five sentences? Supportive Body Paragraphs______ (0 – 30) How well did you explain and support your ideas? Did you apply any ideas or concepts from our class materials to the novel? Did you define relevant key terms? Does your writing exemplify understanding of both the key concepts you are discussing from the novel, in addition to what you chose from other class materials? Is your writing factually accurate? Do you demonstrate mastery of the materials you choose to discuss? Are the quotes you use relevant to your discussion? Composition and Mechanics______ Composition, Spelling, and Grammar (0 – 5): Is your language clear and precise college-level writing? Are you using correct terminology? Did you proofread your essaycarefully? Are the ideas in your essay logically ordered? ______ Mechanics (0 – 5): Did you draw upon ideas from at least oneother author from the class? Did you use parenthetical citation and cite your sources? Did you employ at least three quotes total?Is your essay in 12 point Times New Roman Font with 1-inch margins?This is additional textbook: Scharff and Dusek, Philosophy of Technology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014; Second EditionSince the assignment asks for one quotation from another book

Most would agree that parenting is a lifelong job. The parent’s obligations begin once the baby is conceived and seemingly never end, even after his or her child becomes an adult. Suppose that you are the parent in each of the following scenarios. Based on what you have learned from this unit’s materials, answer the following questions for each scenario by explaining how you would effectively handle each situation. Note: While it is understood different people and even entire cultures have different parenting styles, your answers should be based on the research and theories presented in this unit. Describe the stage of cognitive development of the child in each scenario. Explain how you would address the child and the situation. Will you use punishment in any of the situations? What tactics would be the most useful considering your child’s level of cognitive development? Scenario 1: At the playground, your 5-year-old daughter shoves another child and takes away the child’s toy. Your daughter then screams at the child and runs away. Scenario 2: You discover that your 13-year-old son has taken $20 from your purse and is planning to use it to purchase vapes (e-cigarettes) at school. The only reason you found out is because your 15-year-old daughter tattled after becoming upset that her brother would not give her half of the loot to serve as hush money. How do you address each child? Scenario 3: Your 21-year-old daughter comes home from college and excitedly shares that she met a new guy on Tinder, and she plans to marry him next month. She then reveals that she will be quitting school, despite only having 1 year left to complete her bachelor’s degree. (She does not see the need for her degree any longer, as her fiancé is rich, or so she has been told.) She has decided to throw away the career plans and dream wedding she has planned since she was 10 years old because now she finally has her Prince Charming, and her life is all set! Your combined answers for each scenario must be at least 150 words, for a minimum of 450 words for the entire assignment (not including the title and reference pages).

1-Is the use of examples and emulation of great men, such as 'Diogenes Laërtus "Life of Zeno of Citium" (source 4.4), an effective form of teaching. (You could also consider biographies of Alexander or Suetonius's Twelve Caesars) 2-In 'Plato, The Symposium' (source 4.2) is Socrates attracted to Alcibiades's way of life? Is Alcibiades attracted to Socrates's approach? 3-According to 'Book of Ezra: 1-3, 5-6' (source 4.5) what motivates the renewal of the Jew's contract with God after their return from exile? 4-In 'Aeschylus, Prometheus Unbound' (source 4.1) what specific and general ways does Prometheus claim to have benefited humanity? 5-According to the 'Book of Ezra: 1-3, 5-6' (source 4.5) how does the Persian Cyrus come to be enlisted as an agent of the Hebrew's God?