General Instructions: Your assignment is to write a 3-5 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 Tuesday, April 30. Because of the response papers that you will be asked to write, you will need to turn in two hard copies of your essay, in addition to the copy you submit to me. You may submit a hard copy to me, or submit it over email. If you submit a copy to me over email it must be either a Word file in .doc or .docx, or a Google doc where you have given me editing privileges. Prompt: This paper will lead directly into your final research paper, and will serve as part of the pre-writing for that paper. Consequently, you should exercise great care in selecting a topic, as you will be working with this topic for the remainder of the semester. Your assignment is to pick one of the issues discussed in our textbook Bioethics, and explain the background and arguments involved in that issue. You may pick any issue in the textbook, but not one that your are presenting on. You must pick an issue that is discussed in our textbook. A successful paper will do the following:
Pre-Writing: In addition to the final draft which is due Friday, May 4, you will also need to bring three copies of a draft of your essay for in-class peer editing on Tuesday, April 23. Grading: This essay will be graded using the attached rubric. Each column in the rubric will count equally towards the essay grade. |
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