Please type responses to the following questions and prompts. You may use your notes and conduct independent research to help you answer the questions. Write using complete thoughts and sentences. This assignment is due at the end of the period.

1. What are ethics? Use citations.
2. How should the average citizen (in our community) prepare for life in the 21st century? Mentally? Physically? Gear? Technology? What should every person carry with them (on their person) daily? What should every home have on-hand?
3. Of the five items voted onto the security council agenda, how would you prioritize each issue? Which items would you choose to tackle first? Why?
4. Write brief position statements on the following concepts:
   1. Position on vaccinations and government laws/policies requiring them.
   2. Position on which methods of water treatment/purification are best to fight the issue on both local and global scales.
   3. Opinion about the single greatest threat to humanity in the 21st century.
   4. How can science and philosophy help us answer these questions?