General Instructions: Your assignment is to write a 7-9 page paper on the following topic. The paper should be typed, double-spaced in a 12 point legible font. It is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, December 11. You may submit the paper over email in .doc, .docx, or Google doc formats, but I must receive it by the start of class.
Prompt: Use the tools developed in class to examine and evaluate one of the bioethical issues from our textbook. This essay will be an extension of Essay 4, and will require you to dig a little deeper into the issue you wrote about for that essay.
A successful essay will do the following: - Take a stand on the issue.
- Lay out the history of the issues, accurately describing the medical and technological advances and concerns that gave rise to the issue in the first place.
- Articulate the best argument in support of your position on the issue. Be sure to relate this argument to one of the ethical values or theories we discussed in class.
- Evaluate the argument by explaining what type of argument it is, and explaining whether it is valid/strong and sound/cogent.
- Articulate the best argument against your position on the issue. Be sure to relate this argument to one of the ethical values or theories we discussed in class.
- Discuss some of the implications this issue could potentially have.
- Include at least four non-Wikipedia sources (these may include articles from our textbook) including two non-internet source (these may include the sources you already used for Essay 4).
- Cite all sources using the CMS citation style as discussed in Appendix B in Writing Philosophy.
- Contain a Works Cited Page
Pre-Writing: In addition to the final draft of the paper which is due on Wednesday, December 11, you will also need to complete the following pre-writing assignments. Though these assignments will not be graded, failure to participate in them will result in an F on this essay:
- You will need to bring two copies of a draft of your paper to class on Wednesday, December 4 for in-class peer editing and instructor comments.
- You will need to give a short, 5 minute presentation on your paper in class on either Monday, December 9 or Wednesday, December 11. Feel free to use presentation software or the internet in your presentation.
Grading: This essay will be graded using the attached rubric. Each column in the rubric will count equally towards the essay grade. | 