Your
assignment is to write an essay that examines some aspect of food and
US food policy and relates that aspect to one of the authors we studied
this semester. In class I will provide a number of resources that
discuss food and food policy and your assignment is to pick one of these
aspects and write a paper about it. These resources include the film Food Inc. and the PBS Envision special on food in San Diego as well as other lectures I will give. Some topics you might want to focus on are:
- Treatment of Animals in Factory Farms
- Food Safety
- Conditions of Farm Laborers
- Health and Nutrition of Food
- Governmental Regulation of Food
- The Obesity Epidemic in the US
Once
you pick an aspect of the debate to focus on, you should then write a
2-4 page essay in which you examine that topic and relate the issues
raised to one of the authors or ethical theories we discussed in class.
In particular,I want to know what the author you pick would say about
the issue that you are discussing. A successful paper will do the
following:- Contain
a well-articulated thesis statement that explains what the paper is
about and takes a clear stand on the issues under discussion.
- Provide a clear articulation of the food issue you have chosen.
- Provide a clear articulation of those aspect of the philosophers position that are relevant to your paper.
- Apply
the view of the philosopher to the issue at hand and explains what
position the chosen philosopher would take on the issue.
- Conclude with your own analysis of the issue and whether or not you think the philosopher you have chosen is correct.
Your
paper should be typed, double-spaced with 1" margins written in 10-12
point font. The final draft is due on the last day of class, Thursday,
May 17. In addition to the final draft, there are a few pre-writing
assignments that must be completed: - You
will need to select a topic and come up with a thesis statement by
Thursday, April 26. That is, you will need to have chosen which aspect of
US food policy you want to study and which of the authors we have
studied in class you want to relate that topic to. This material should
be brought to class to turn in.
- You
will need to bring two copies of a rough draft of your paper to class
on Thursday, May 10 for in-class peer editing. Although this rough draft
will not be graded, failure to bring a rough draft to class will result
in an F on this assignment.
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