Instruction
No out side sources.
Write a paper arguing to a conclusion about the morality of the topic you have chosen. In your paper: (1) Start by explaining the moral problem or outlining the issue. (2) Then present the moral arguments presented in the reading. (3) Once you have set out the basic argument from the reading, you are to critically assess that argument. You may use whatever approach to moral argumentation (from among those we have studied) that you choose. Make clear the moral criterion you are using to decide the issue. Develop your arguments clearly, step by step, giving reasons for the positions that you defend.
The point of this assignment is to allow you to apply the various moral frameworks we have discussed in class and develop proficiency at doing a moral analysis. You may use outside sources for background information in your paper. But you must properly cite these sources. If you do not do this then you will be docked accordingly. The paper, however, is not to be a report of what other people say;you are to argue the issue to a conclusion, using one of the moral frameworks for analysis that we have discussed in the class this term.
One final point. This paper is to be written as a persuasive argument. You are writing to convince or persuade others that your conclusion about this matter is the correct one. You might want to think of this as an article that you are writing for a newspaper or as a letter to some prominent figure, like the governor or president, trying to convince her of the morality or immorality of a particular practice or policy. A good paper is one that is well-argued, and so convincing. If you have any questions about it, about whether you have a moral issue or what the issues are, please see the instructor. I would be happy to sit and discuss your paper with you.