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Craig Murphy, in International Affairs, 76.4 (2000) "Global Governance: poorly done and poorly understood" argued that " The best arguments for paying attention to the world polity are ethical and moral…..global governance is likely to remain inefficient, incapable of shifting resources from the world's wealthy to the world's poor, pro market, and relatively insensitive to the concerns of labour and the rural poor…" Critically analyse this statement with reference to some of the issue areas covered in the course

That May Be True in Theory – In Kant’s Conflict of the Faculties, he argues that philosophy has incontestable jurisdiction to comment on more practical fields like theology, law, and medicine. In many ways, he is arguing that you cannot put into practice a body of knowledge without reckoning with the theory behind it (philosophy being said theory). What do you think Kant would make of the phrase “That may be true in theory, but does not apply in practice?” What do you make of this phrase in light of Kant’s comments?

Áskēsis – In the Genealogy, Nietzsche argues that the ways in which we view and treat ourselves are structured by the lingering after-effects of both noble and slave moral systems. Choose a practice that people today do in order to take care of themselves in some way, some practice that people think makes them better, and analyze it. Do current narratives on this practice appear to arise from a noble way of thinking? A slave way of thinking? Or is Nietzsche’s presentation inadequate for addressing this practice? Examples include diet, exercise, bathing, education, art, masturbation, blogging