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⁞ Essay Writing Tips

Choose either Topic 1, Topic 2, or Topic 3. To answer these topics completely, it takes a minimum of 350 words.  Use the topic questions and the scoring rubric to see if your draft  responds fully to all parts of the question. A complete thoughtful  answer is more important than word count.

⁞ Topics for your Essay, Choose one

Topic 1:

Respond to The Moral Dilemma of Climate Change at the top  of page 440. Should we pay now to try and rein in global warming and its  awful effects, or should we let our kids pay? Do we have moral  obligations to future generations, to people who don't yet exist? If we  do have obligations to them, how much should we sacrifice now to do our  duty?

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Topic 2:

Explain and defend your views on the following: Is there anything  wrong in offering unauthorized immigrants "a path to citizenship"?  Should children brought into a country illegally ever be deported?.

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Topic 3:

Respond to Singer or Hardin at the top of page 829. What  would be the proper moral response of rich nations to this impending  tragedy? Do you favor Garrett Hardin's approach in which rich countries  would not send food aid? Or Peter Singer's path in which affluent  individuals would be obligated to give much of their wealth to feed the  hungry? Or a middle way in which the rich would have a duty to give some  aid but would also have obligations to themselves and to their family  and friends? Explain your view.