You work in the marketing department of a firm that sells mountain bicycles and related gear. Its manufacturing division has decided to wholeheartedly adopt the lean systems philosophy. Will this affect your ability to delight your customers? Make a list…
Month: October 2024
Aspen N510 Complete Course
Module 1 Discussion What is the relationship of environment and cancers? Describe the effect of tobacco, alcohol, radiation exposure, and diet and obesity to carcinogenesis. N510 Advanced Pathophysiology Module 2 Discussion Choose one disorder of the central or peripheral…
PHIL51 Week 9 – Ramsey’s neoclassical model of economic
PHIL 51—Scientific Reasoning Week 9 Ramsey’s neoclassical model of economic growth. Be able to explain the basics of the model Be able to explain how it relates to the question of discounting Be able to explain why some have criticized…
PHIL51 Week 7 – Geoengineering
PHIL 51—Scientific Reasoning Week 7 Geoengineering. What it is Some of the nuances and complexities associated with defining the term The two main categories The main reasons people are interested in geoengineering, and some of the tensions that arise among…
Cost-benefit analysis
PHIL 51—Scientific Reasoning Week 8 Cost-benefit analysis, again. Some of the assumptions behind the method, what distinguishes it from simply making a pro and con list Social discounting. What it is Why it’s important in climate economics Why isn’t not…
Week 6 Fixed, high evidential standards vs. variable standards
Fixed, high evidential standards vs. variable standards. What are they and how are they different from one another? The five considerations that Elabbar offers as relevant deciding whether fixed, high evidential standards or variable standard are better. What each one…
Week 5 Common but differentiated responsibility.
PHIL 51—Scientific Reasoning Week 5 Common but differentiated responsibility. What it is, in brief What a way of distributing the burden of decarbonization that did not follow the principle of common but differentiated responsibility would look like Be able to explain what…
The inefficacy challenge Be able to explain what it is and why it’s a difficult philosophical problem
PHIL 51—Scientific Reasoning Week 4 The inefficacy challenge. Be able to explain what it is and why it’s a difficult philosophicalproblem Be able to explain Nefsky’s dilemma for the expected utility solution to the inefficacy challenge Be able to discuss each…
Explain why there is a debate about whether we should be telling people to try to lower their carbon footprints
Week 3 Be able to explain why there is a debate about whether we should be telling people to try to lower their carbon footprints The main reasons given in Dialogues on Climate Justice for and against telling people to lower their…
Explain the general debate about climate emotions that Tolentino, Huber, and Kovaka and Santana discuss in their papers
PHIL 51—Scientific Reasoning Week 2 Be able to explain the general debate about climate emotions that Tolentino, Huber, and Kovaka and Santana discuss in their papers Hope and despair. The mainstream account of hope Huber discusses and what he thinks is wrong…