Another solid Pass 2, just shy of 80%. Most of the criticism of the essay seemed to be about not mentioning Act and Rule Utilitarianism, which was a deliberate decision on my part based on the fact that the question was about their views on hedonism, and because I had been marked down previously for going off topic.
Oh well.... could have been worse, now to concentrate on the very overrated ideas of Descartes before Saturday's tutorial.
Showing posts with label 5.3 TMA03. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5.3 TMA03. Show all posts
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Monday, 23 January 2012
A222 - Exploring Philosophy : TMA03 word count growing
Not sure how this is possible.
Sat down to do a final read through of the essay before submission, started at 1850 words, tweaked it here, re-arranged a sentence there, added a reference, checked the word count - 2046.
So I seem to have taken a step back from a final read to now needing to edit about 50 words out - I should just have submitted it. It is always the same, it is the last 5% of tweaking and tarting about that takes up far more than 5% of the time.
Argh !!
Sat down to do a final read through of the essay before submission, started at 1850 words, tweaked it here, re-arranged a sentence there, added a reference, checked the word count - 2046.
So I seem to have taken a step back from a final read to now needing to edit about 50 words out - I should just have submitted it. It is always the same, it is the last 5% of tweaking and tarting about that takes up far more than 5% of the time.
Argh !!
Sunday, 22 January 2012
A222 - Exploring Philosophy : TMA03 nearly done....
Despite 2 cracking football matches on TV this afternoon, I now have the TMA pretty much complete. I am waiting for it to be proof read and then I'll read it through a couple more times, but it is about ready to go.
This is the first assignment that I have not struggled to get under the word count, but as the word count is a pretty wide 1500 to 2000 words, I'm hoping that at 1850 I've answered the question as fully as I need to.
I was marked down in the first TMA of this course for including the ideas of Hume and Parfit when the question asked specifically about Locke, and that was really because in the last course (DD101), the essay answers needed to know about all you'd read in that section of the course, so that is what I did in this course's (A222) first TMA.
So in this TMA I have stuck rigidly to the question of views on hedonism and avoided the temptation to wander into the discussion on 'act' or 'rule' utilitarianism - we'll see when the mark comes back if this was the correct way to answer the question.
This is the first assignment that I have not struggled to get under the word count, but as the word count is a pretty wide 1500 to 2000 words, I'm hoping that at 1850 I've answered the question as fully as I need to.
I was marked down in the first TMA of this course for including the ideas of Hume and Parfit when the question asked specifically about Locke, and that was really because in the last course (DD101), the essay answers needed to know about all you'd read in that section of the course, so that is what I did in this course's (A222) first TMA.
So in this TMA I have stuck rigidly to the question of views on hedonism and avoided the temptation to wander into the discussion on 'act' or 'rule' utilitarianism - we'll see when the mark comes back if this was the correct way to answer the question.
Saturday, 21 January 2012
A222 - Exploring Philosophy : Week 17
21 January •
Assignment week
Assessment resources Events
- Assignment: TMA 03 (cut-off date 26 January
Working on first draft. Have about 750 words with the introduction, definition of terms, description of Bentham and Mill's hedonism, going in to the criticisms of both views. Then need to explain why these are not adequate and write a conclusion.
I think I will carry on with this until its sort of finished. Re-read Chapter 2, and the Tutorial Forum regarding hedonism - make sure I haven't missed anything, then edit and re-write as necessary. Hope to finish draft by end of Sunday, then a couple of days for the re-write.
Friday, 20 January 2012
A222 - Exploring Philosophy : End of Week 16
This looked like it was going to be an interesting and challenging week, with regard to discussing the legal and moral implications on abortion. However, the one aspect that I was most interested in - when does a fetus become a person - was not discussed. Just the fact that a fetus had potential to become a person, but not the point when we should argue that it has.
The thought experiment on the violinist was not that gripping, and all in all, the chapter felt a bit thin.
Now I have 6 days to write the TMA about Bentham and Mill's hedonism, then it is on to book 4 - this course is flying by......
The thought experiment on the violinist was not that gripping, and all in all, the chapter felt a bit thin.
Now I have 6 days to write the TMA about Bentham and Mill's hedonism, then it is on to book 4 - this course is flying by......
Saturday, 14 January 2012
A222 - Exploring Philosophy : Week 16
14 January •
Book 3: ETHICS Chapter 4, The morality of abortion
Book 3, Chapter 4: The morality of abortion PDF document (374.3KB) - Book 3, Reading 4 PDF document (134.7KB)
- Book 3, Reading 5 PDF document (110.7KB)
Abortion discussed on television sound file (6MB) 
Video extract to accompany 'Abortion discussed on television' file (30.5MB)- Philosophers on abortion sound file (19.9MB)
Book 3 Quiz for Chapter 4 iCMA 
Optional further material Structured content
Book 3 discussion
Thursday, 12 January 2012
A222 - Exploring Philosophy : The Only Way is Ethics, Bentham & Mills
I had a really good stab at this part of the book, started really well in fact, felt I was getting somewhere and then the rest of my life got in the way.......
I have a presentation to give on Tuesday which is taking up too much of my time, but on the upside it looks like I will be traveling for about 9 hrs this weekend so maybe some reading time there.
The other problem with this course is that each section seems to have a book of 4 chapters, one a general introduction, the second is the TMA, which makes me think 3 & 4 will be the exam questions. However, all this does at this point is allow you to slide on reading knowing that in the short term for the TMA all you need is to read one chapter thoroughly - but course of action this will come home to roost in June if other chapters have not been covered :-(
I have a presentation to give on Tuesday which is taking up too much of my time, but on the upside it looks like I will be traveling for about 9 hrs this weekend so maybe some reading time there.
The other problem with this course is that each section seems to have a book of 4 chapters, one a general introduction, the second is the TMA, which makes me think 3 & 4 will be the exam questions. However, all this does at this point is allow you to slide on reading knowing that in the short term for the TMA all you need is to read one chapter thoroughly - but course of action this will come home to roost in June if other chapters have not been covered :-(
Sunday, 8 January 2012
A222 - Exploring Philosophy : Study will recommence today..... after the Man City v Man Unt Match
Yesterday was spent carrying out overdue household chores and jobs that had been put off for some time. I think I must have had 6 trips to the trip with car loads of stuff we should have gotten rid of ages ago.
The plan was then to catch up with the study today, but with the football live on terrestrial TV its gonna be pretty difficult to get any reading done with that going on in the background. So with any luck, study will start from about 3PM.
The plan was then to catch up with the study today, but with the football live on terrestrial TV its gonna be pretty difficult to get any reading done with that going on in the background. So with any luck, study will start from about 3PM.
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Thursday, 29 December 2011
A222 - Exploring Philosophy : End of Week 13
Still no mark for TMA 02 and it is not now expected until after the New Year, so this fact combined with the festive period is making it a bit difficult to get stuck in to Book 3 - Ethics.
I was also hoping for the result so I could make an informed choice about starting another Level 2 course in February, but as it is unless I get a really high score back before the 4th Jan, I think I will stick to one course at a time.
I was also hoping for the result so I could make an informed choice about starting another Level 2 course in February, but as it is unless I get a really high score back before the 4th Jan, I think I will stick to one course at a time.
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