Instruction
I need someone to write this final paper for me for a Philosophy class. Here are some topics that you can choose from:
A. At least one question that political philosophy must answer is by what rules does a society settle problems of order that arise from political conflict. There are at least two traditions in western political thought that we have identified already. First, there is the tradition of contractual obligation. Under this view individuals contract with one another, and ultimately with government, in order to provide basic protections that are designed to protect certain freedoms such as freedom of thought, conscience, and certain basic rights of the person including property. Second, there is the view, particularly of the early Greeks who were committed to the polis, which emphasizes that order and justice arise from a community of equal citizens who participate in public life. Compare and contrast both traditions. Do you think that Plato falls into either one of these traditions? Why? If not what is his relevance for western political philosophy?
B. Write a critical essay on social contract theory using the philosophy of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau.
C. Must justice be equivalent to virtue? Must justice be equivalent to truth?
D. Compare the freedom of the moderns to the freedom of the ancients.
E. Write an essay on republicanism. How has it been adapted to modern liberalism?
F. Is justice necessarily associated with political power? Begin with Thrasymachus and work your way to modern liberalism.
G. Are there any serious critiques of modern liberalism?
Let me know which topic you can do your best in, then follow these guidelines to write the essay:
1. All written assignments are to be typed and double-spaced. Please use Times Roman
font 12.
2. Number all pages.
3. Please use a title page. No binders, folders, etc.
4. One inch margins all around.
5. The first paragraph should contain a thesis statement and the outline of your paper. Do not delay this until later paragraphs. The thesis statement should contain a description of the topic you are examining, and how you will examine it. You should also make some statement about why your topic is important, or why anyone should read your paper.
6. The body of your paper should present the substance of your argument. In longer research papers you should always include a review of the relevant literature.
7. The conclusion should bring together the various parts of the paper and lead to your final analysis or judgment about the question. Please indicate whether your research has left important questions unanswered, or where future research might begin.
8. Do not cite a dictionary to define terms. The purpose of this class is to learn to conceptualize terms.
9. Become accustomed to using a style manual. I prefer that you use the American Political Science Review style of embedded citations. You should refer to a recent issue of the APSR. For unusual style or formatting questions please use the Chicago Manual of Style. In short, use any style, but be consistent.
10. Always include a bibliography. If you cite the Internet make sure your citation conforms to the proper style. In conducting your research please use scholarly, peer reviewed journals. There is simply a lot of junk on the internet and you should not get into the habit of citing large numbers of unreviewed sources. Please use the search engines provided by the library.
11. I recommend that for longer papers you make use of headings and subheadings in order to demarcate different sections of your paper. The use of this procedure will help you outline your work.
12. Do not double space twice between paragraphs.
13. Pencil or ink corrections are not acceptable.
16. Avoid slang and popular colloquialisms. Develop the habit of using a Thesaurus.
17. Employ the services of the University Writing Lab.
18. Writing is revision. Never, never, never submit your first draft.
19. Wikipedia is not an academic source.
20. Pay very close attention to attribution. If an idea is not exclusively yours you must cite a source.
21. Avoid using the passive voice.
22. Verbs have to agree with subjects.
23. Do not end a sentence with a preposition.
24. Avoid trendy locutions.
25. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech that you are used to seeing in print. Particularly, all of the tired sports metaphors.
26. Try to use substitutes for dead words. For example, rather than he said perhaps consider pointed out, exclaimed, remarked. Again, a thesaurus should be your best friend when you are writing.
27. Remember, these are meant to be formal papers and thus should be prepared with care.
This paper should be around 10 pages and try to cite from the book that I attached a picture of other than citing from secondary sources. You should be able to find the book online and find the necessary information needed for this assignment.
This assignment is due by Friday the 20th, 10 am Pacific time no later.
AGAIN PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF THE ESSAY