Instruction
PHIL 1213 Introduction to Ethics
Creative Project
Assignment: to complete a project that demonstrates your knowledge of philosophies and philosophers studied this semester and that applies those philosophies to your own experiences.
Points Possible: 150
Objectives:
• To demonstrate knowledge of philosophies and philosophers learned in this class
• To integrate reasonable and varying evidence from experience, knowledge, and course resources
• To achieve a tone that is both personable and academic
• To produce a project in MLA format
Topic Choices:
Character Analysis Essay: Analyze a character in a book or movie in light of a philosophy that we have discussed this semester. Is the person consistent with his or her decisions, or does the person demonstrate a lack of an overriding theory or philosophy?
• Do not merely summarize the movie or the person’s actions. Analyze the actions in light of what you have learned in this class.
Movie/TV Series Analysis Essay: Analyze the message of a movie in light of a philosophy that we have discussed this semester.
Organization of written work:
Introduction: Explain your topic and the issues surrounding it. Summarize any literature or personal stories. At the end of the introduction, you should have a thesis or a claim that clearly states the focus of your paper.
Body: Use topic sentences for each body paragraph. Use any personal experience or quotations or paraphrases as evidence for your topic sentences. After your evidence, spend the majority of your body paragraphs analyzing the evidence in light of the theories or philosophies you apply to your own experience.
Conclusion: Summarize the thesis. The conclusion is also a good place to explain anything you learned about yourself while writing the paper or taking the class.