{"id":22432,"date":"2024-04-22T20:16:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T20:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/final-paper-assignment-defend-your-answer-to-the-following-question-under-what-conditions-if-any-is-your-topic-here-morally-permissible-required\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T20:16:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T20:16:35","slug":"final-paper-assignment-defend-your-answer-to-the-following-question-under-what-conditions-if-any-is-your-topic-here-morally-permissible-required","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/final-paper-assignment-defend-your-answer-to-the-following-question-under-what-conditions-if-any-is-your-topic-here-morally-permissible-required\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Paper Assignment-Defend your answer to the following question     Under what conditions, if any, is [your topic here] morally permissible\/required?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Final Paper Assignment: &nbsp;Due Friday, April 26<sup style=\"font-size: 12px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">th<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Assignment Description:<\/u>&nbsp; Defend your answer to the following question<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Under what conditions, if any, is [your topic here] morally permissible\/required?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Examples:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cTo be morally permissible, data collection must\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cHuman cloning is never morally permissible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cIt would be wrong to create\/destroy an artificial intelligence capable of\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be as specific as you can in your answer to the topic question so that people can use your view to evaluate real world business practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cBy \u2018human cloning\u2019 I mean\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cBy \u2018data collection\u2019 I mean\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201cBy \u2018consciousness\u2019 I mean\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The paper should be roughly<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1300<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>words in length, and should contain three distinct sections:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Section 1<\/u>:&nbsp; This section should contain a statement of your thesis (your answer to the above question) and an original argument for that thesis.&nbsp; Try to make the main premises of your argument as clear as possible.&nbsp; At least one of these main premises should be a descriptive claim and at least one should be a normative claim.&nbsp; You can imagine your argument consists of two parts:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong>Some descriptive claims related to your topic (these could include actual or hypothetical cases, definitions of important terms, and empirical facts)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong>At least one general normative claim which links these descriptive claims to your conclusion (\u201cThe reason this is wrong is because we all have a moral duty to\u2026\u201d).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If the information in the descriptive claims is not common knowledge, you need to provide citations to back up those claims or make further arguments.&nbsp; If the normative main premise is controversial, you should devote some space in your paper to defending it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Example<\/em>:&nbsp; 1) Capital punishment leads to more harm than good. (descriptive)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2) We should not allow things that lead to more harm than good. (normative)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3) So, we should not allow capital punishment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Section<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/u>2:&nbsp; In this section, you are to consider an objection to your argument.&nbsp; Do not respond to the objection in this section.&nbsp; Aim to leave your reader as convinced as possible of the truth of the objection.&nbsp; This section might begin, \u201cA possible objection to my argument is that\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Section 3<\/u>:&nbsp; In the third section, respond to the objection you presented in the section 2.&nbsp; This section might begin, \u201cHowever, this objection does not succeed because\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Assignment Requirements<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1300 words (roughly)<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">double spaced<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1 inch margins<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">12 point font<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Grading<\/u><\/strong>:&nbsp; Your paper will be graded on how well it conforms to the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Conclusion Statement<\/strong>: State your main conclusion somewhere on the first page.&nbsp; State it as clearly as possible, and make it clear that it is your main conclusion (and not just one among many others).&nbsp; Make your conclusion statement a single sentence.&nbsp; You can elaborate on what you mean with that sentence afterward.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Clarity<\/strong>: The language of the paper should be simple and easy to understand.&nbsp; The relevance of each part of the paper should also be clear. The reader should not be left wondering what the point of any given sentence is, for example.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Organization<\/strong>: The overall structure of the paper makes sense.&nbsp; There are distinct paragraphs, each of which serves a distinct and useful purpose.&nbsp; The paragraphs are organized in a way that makes understanding the paper easy.&nbsp; Each sentence is where it belongs.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Plausibility<\/strong>:<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>Give reasons for what you believe. Avoid merely listing various things you believe on the subject.&nbsp; Your argument need not convince me, but should not have an obviously false main premise or an obvious gap. 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