This is not an English paper or a paper for the Social Sciences; you are not going to write narratively or descriptively, but argumentatively. This should also not be thought of nor approached as an opinion paper, but rather, how well you understand the philosophy as applied to them.
NB: You will most likely note that the instructions that follow, while carefully specified as to what your term paper should include and the steps you ought to take in writing it, are otherwise somewhat vague as which contentious issue you must write about. This has been done intentionally to give you the maximum possible latitude in terms of adapting the assignment to fit your interests and make it more enjoyable (or at least more tolerable) to complete than it otherwise might be. You should not feel you have to stick to any one interest, field, or method in your application of these philosophies either feel free to explore a bit, and take the philosophers along with you!
Your term paper should be written exactly according to the following technical guidelines:
Only papers submitted as Word (.doc/.docx) or Adobe (.pdf) documents will be accepted and graded.
Typed, double-spaced, aligned left (not justified), paragraphs indented, with 1 margins all around, and please no titles.
12 pt. Times New Roman font (i.e., the same font this page has been done in).
I am looking for good, concise, cogent argument not length I’d rather the paper be somewhat short(er) and to the point, than long and needlessly drawn out with pseudo-academic filler material gleaned from the text, internet, etc. I want to know what you know; not what the authors you read (and I) already know.
You must cite at least 1 print source in addition to your text books, journal articles, etc.
Works cited in footnotes (if you don’t know how to do this correctly, then ask it’s important to learn how to do this correctly) with author, title, publisher, edition, publication date, pages referenced, etc. DO NOT cite in parenthesis or on a works cited page.
Your term paper should take the form of:
1) Introduce your paper. We’re studying the great moral philosophers, and all of our philosophers have been included for very good reasons; your introduction should indicate your understanding of the main reason(s) for your philosophers inclusion, as well as what makes them worthy of our attention.
2) Summarize the key concepts (at least one; no more than three) posited and developed by that philosopher this should include what their philosophy replaced and/or what has replaced
2A) Included in your summary of their work should be topically accurate citations of and quotations from their written work that support the focus of your summary of their main ideas.
3) Discuss the possibilities of practically applying your chosen philosopher’s work to a contentious issue within a personal, professional, or academic area of your own choosing, most often the one in which you are working in or toward currently, but it could also be an area or topic of merely casual interest to you.
3A) Included in your section on practical application should be at least one example of a case study or hypothetical situation in your chosen field in which the philosophers work could be applied, as well as a discussion of the means by which it would be applied, and, if applicable, resolved.
4) You should wrap up your term paper by summarizing and tying together the salient points of what you’ve presented in terms of the philosopher’s key concepts and potential for practical application. In most cases, this will be something of a rehashing of your introduction; in other words, tell me what you’re going to do, do it, then tell me what you just did this is a helpful way to stretch papers to the required length. Don’t think of it as being redundant think of it as being thorough.
This is NOT a biographical paper in fact, I will count off if you include extraneous biographical information, especially considering that it (more often than not) will have come from an online source.
Your term paper should be written from an academic perspective, and should assume that your audience (me) understands the basics of ethical theories and you don’t need to flesh them out, but should instead focus on the meat of the philosopher their key concepts, and their relevance to you and your course of study, profession, or personal interests. To do this, you will most likely need to call on additional information that may not be available in your text. Included in your summary of their work should be topically accurate citations of and quotations from their written work that support the focus of your summary of their main ideas.
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