{"id":38492,"date":"2024-11-22T01:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T01:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/the-ethical-justification-for-banning-fur-clothing-balancing-animal-welfare-and-sustainable-fashion\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T01:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T01:45:07","slug":"the-ethical-justification-for-banning-fur-clothing-balancing-animal-welfare-and-sustainable-fashion","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/the-ethical-justification-for-banning-fur-clothing-balancing-animal-welfare-and-sustainable-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ethical Justification for Banning Fur Clothing: Balancing Animal Welfare and Sustainable Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Assignment Instructions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Paper Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your task is to write a philosophical prescriptive essay in which you develop clear, concise, and well-reasoned premises to support and defend an original, narrow, substantive philosophical argument on the prescriptive argument you have chosen and I have approved for this assignment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The point of this paper is for<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">you<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to do substantial critical thinking yourself, not for you to just write a report on other&#8217;s research or opinions.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Yet, your argument needs to engage significantly with scholarly literature. So, it is important to provide your reader with a sufficient amount of information to understand your argument and to demonstrate why it is reasonable for them to believe your Conclusion.&nbsp; This involves careful, clear, and concise summaries of views where needed<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">and<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>clear analysis of key aspects of research&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include information\/explication only as it is necessary for understanding, motivating, supporting, or defending your argument<\/span>. If the information does not directly support your argument, unless it is part of your counterargument, it does not belong in your paper.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Critical Thinking.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>You need to be able to explain clearly and concisely why the reader should believe your argument.&nbsp; This is your purpose throughout the paper.&nbsp; So, when you present research information, why should I believe that information makes your premise stronger?&nbsp; &nbsp;And when you present research analysis, why should I believe that analysis makes your premise stronger?&nbsp; Just providing research and doing an analysis does not necessarily make your premise stronger.&nbsp; It is how you present and explain this information to the reader that defines your critical thinking ability.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Counterarguments and Refutations.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>In terms of considering counterarguments to your view, try to tackle just one of the strongest objections to your position that an opponent might raise. Any objection you consider should bear upon your argument. That is, it shouldn&#8217;t be a flat rejection of your argument. Also, this portion should be no longer than 1 page of your paper maximum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">MLA (Modern Language Association) Format.<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp; I am going to focus on MLA 9th edition format<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Philosophy Structure.<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp; To be clear, this includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A consistent, visible and logical structure between your argument, your abstract (the second paragraph in the introduction), and your actual paper.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A formal argument structure presented as the page AFTER your title page and BEFORE your actual paper begins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use of subtitles that reflect each of the premises\/reasons used to support your argument.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Clear subtitles used to represent your counterarguments and related refutations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Using first-person (instead of third-person which is often taught in English classes).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Research Resource Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Six written primary sources (excluding the textbook) which includes:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1. At least three of your research resources must be peer-reviewed journals!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/mtsac.libguides.com\/az.php?q=ProQuest<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/web-p-ebscohost-com.mtsac.idm.oclc.org\/ehost\/search\/basic?vid=0&amp;sid=6e185c74-da3e-48ad-9b84-4477d4b16510%40redis<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www-jstor-org.mtsac.idm.oclc.org\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2. The other three (or more if you so choose) can be peer-reviewed journals, academic books, or .edu or .gov websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3. Please note that these six sources do NOT include the sources for your terms defined!&nbsp; These are additional.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Body of the Essay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Premise #1\/#2\/#3 Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evidence A<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 80px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #1<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8211; Explain how the study\/research supports your premise.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 80px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #2<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8211; Explain why the reader should<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">believe<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in the strength of the study\/research.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evidence B<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 80px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #1<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8211; Explain how the study\/research supports your premise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 80px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #2<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8211; Explain why the reader should<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">believe<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in the strength of the study\/research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evidence C<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 80px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #1<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8211; Explain how the study\/research supports your premise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding-left: 80px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #2<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8211; Explain why the reader should<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">believe<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in the strength of the study\/research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Premise #1\/#2\/#3 Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Each of your premises should, in the following order:<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #1<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8211; Explain how the study\/research supports your premise.&nbsp; Please note that this information is found in the Results section of a Journal Article.&nbsp; This is<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">not<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>where the article talks about the sample population, demographics, and the like.&nbsp; This is at the end of the article where they talk about what the results of the research actually means.&nbsp; Here, you need to make a connection for the reader between the results of the research and how it supports and gives strength to your premise.&nbsp; Do not just summarize the results&nbsp; of the research here!&nbsp; The results must be<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">directly tied to your premise<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>as that is the point of your midterm paper.&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #2<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8211; Explain why the reader should<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">believe<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in the strength of the study\/research.&nbsp; This is where you talk about the&nbsp; strengths of the evidence as you understand them from what you have learned in class and in our class textbook.&nbsp; To be clear, you are not summarizing everything you know about the evidence here.&nbsp; Instead, you are choosing what you believe to be the strongest factors of the research.&nbsp; &nbsp;If there are weaknesses in the research, this is where you recognize those weaknesses and explain why you believe the research is strong and believable, again applying what you have learned from the course concepts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Important Note:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For each premise,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #1<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>should be ~75% of the discussion, while<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Step #2<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>should be ~25% of the discussion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; 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