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Guidelines

Ethical arguments included in any chapter can be used in your papers. I am not looking for your opinion; I am looking for an ethical viewpoint. You can include any relevant personal experiences, graphs, charts, and any other information that may help you describe your moral dilemma. Be sure to include a minimum of 6 total sources using APA guidelines and include them in your references and citations to help you highlight your ethical theory application. Writing is expected to include critical thinking about how ethical theory and information from your references relate to each assignment topic.

Use “Google Scholarly” or the “Library Database” for additional sources (See “Research Guides” tab on the left column in Bb). Your sources MUST be credible. Do not use Wikipedia, dictionary, Pp, videos or questionable websites (points will be taken off). DO NOT USE THE OPEN WEB.

All papers must be grammatically correct and all spelling must be correct. Please use spelling/grammar check before you submit and carefully proof for errors NOT caught previously.

See Rubric on left Tab in Bb for writing requirements. You will be completing 1 term paper. You are required to turn in your papers by the date/time listed in the Paper Drop Box tab. You will be able to see your percent similarity. If you submit early and it is over 30% you may resubmit your paper in the same box by the original due date/time (you will only have two total submissions per paper).

Plagiarism or # similarity above 30% will be penalized with a 0 on the paper. Plagiarism includes copying and pasting from another source, yourself or student paper as well as turning in another student's paper that has been turned in before. This is why you need to review the APA book so that you cite correctly. If over 30%, please paraphrase more, direct quote less (or not at all) and include more of your own thought to reduce.

Papers Format/Guidelines:

FOLLOW RUBRIC on Bb and your APA book!

1,000+ word minimum

12 point font

Double spaced

One inch margins

Cover page (APA format)

Running head and page # (APA format)

Introduction and Conclusion (no abstract required)

At least 3 ethical theories applied (Pick from: Hedonism, Desire Satisfaction Theory, Divine Command Theory, Natural Law Theory, Ethical Egoism (NOT Psychological Egoism), Consequentialism or Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Social Contract Theory, Ethical Relativism (can include Cultural Relativism) - if you veer from this list, you MUST check with Prof. Hammack - failure to do so may result in 0 for that critical thinking section.

Headings for Intro, Conclusion, and each Ethical Theory (APA format)

Reference page (APA format)

Minimum 6 philosophical sources on Ethical Theory NOT the “topic” (DO NOT use Pp slides, videos or the Open Web). Only use the Shafer-Landau textbook and the CPP online library database with keyword search ex: "Ethical Egoism" or "Kantian Ethics" etc.

Ethical arguments included in any chapter can be used in your papers. I am not looking for your opinion; I am looking for an ethical viewpoint. You can include any relevant personal experiences, graphs, charts, and any other information that may help you describe your moral dilemma. Be sure to include a minimum of 6 total philosophical sources using APA guidelines and include them in your references and citations to help you highlight your ethical theory application. Writing is expected to include critical thinking about how ethical theory and information from your references relate to your chosen topic.

A really good way to appraoch each critical thinking section is to 1.) clearly explain/define the ethical theory you will be applying with 2 separate sources on ethical theory. These should be philosophical in nature (No Open Web and not on topic). Then bring in the topic you selected and analyze that ethical dilemma from the perspective of that ethical theory. (see RUBRIC)

All papers must be grammatically correct and all spelling must be correct. Please use spelling/grammar check before you submit and carefully proof for errors NOT caught previously.

All papers must be submitted through Blackboard in “Paper Drop Box” tab by clicking on the turnitin link ON TIME. DO NOT EMAIL FINAL PAPERS to professor's email. Do NOT wait until the last minute to submit. Sometimes, students encounter issues in submission – no exceptions for late submissions, if you have difficulty submitting, it’s probably YOUR computer. Do not email the professor with technical submission problems. If you are having a problem, consider using a computer on campus.

Do's and Dont's:

Do use citations that are philosophical in nature and support the definition of the ethical theory you are applying

Do NOT use citations on topic of GMOs, etc.

Do include two citations minimum per ethical theory section. Must have a total of 6 unique sources for the paper. You may re-use sources throughout the paper BUT you will only be given credit for them once.

Do use the Shafer-Landau textbook and the CPP online library (philosophical article search by keyword ex: ethical egoism, social contract theory, etc.)

Do NOT use the Open Web for citations

Do cite only 1 source per sentence

Do not cite 2 or more sources in one sentence. Split citations from different sources into their own sentence to make it clear what content in that sentence relates to the source.

Do stick to discussing/applying 1 ethical theory in each section. Resist the urge to bounce back and forth and discuss a different ethical theory in another's critical thinking section.

Do follow the RUBRIC

Even though APA does not require, I appreciate including the page # after last name and year in the in-text citations.