1 Instructions
PHIL100 Final
Zachary Goodsell April 26, 2022
Below are three questions. On the Monday the 2nd of May, we will choose two of them, and you have to submit your answer to both of those two by midnight on Wednesday the 4th.
Submissions will be on Turnitin, accessible via Blackboard. We expect an answer of between 500-800 words for each question, with no more than 1000 words for one question.
You will be graded on how well you answer the questions. So please ensure that every part of your answer is responding directly to part of the question you are answering.
2 Questions
Answer both questions, and explain your answer in both cases:
(a) Are there equally many natural numbers divisible by 10 as there are natural numbers?
(b) Is it possible to complete infinitely many journeys in sequence?
Is killing someone the same as doing something that hastens their death? Explain your answer.
The eighth amendment to the constitution reads:
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Suppose that a supreme court justice makes the following speech:
Whether the death penalty is unconstitutional depends only on what “cruel and unusual punishment” meant when the eighth amendment was written. If it meant a feature that the death penalty has, then the death penalty is unconstitutional. If it meant a feature that the death penalty doesn’t have, then the death penalty is constitutional.
Suppose that they are right about all that. Can we then determine whether the death penalty is constitutional? Explain how the question of whether the death penalty is cruel and unusual bears on this question.