Essay for my Ethics course
Hardin Again
Structure of the paper
Problem Statement
Hardin Summary
Solutions
Technical
Appeal to Conscience
Non-technical
Conclusion
Problem Statement
You know what to do
Hardin Summary
Summarize Hardin
Demonstrate understanding of Hardin
Define your terms!
Should be like 30% of essay at most
Solutions - Technical
Explore technical solutions – read science stuff
Introduce examples
Tie it back to Hardin
Why will they work? Why won’t they work?
Solutions - Nontechnical
Explore nontechnical solutions – laws, taxes, etc.
Introduce examples
Explore very focused examples
Why will they work? Why won’t they work?
Appeal to Conscience – You don’t have to agree with Hardin
Solutions – Your Solution
We’ve explored what other people have done…what’s your solution?
EZ Solution – “My solution is a combination of some other stuff”
Expand scope of focused non-technical solutions
You can somewhat ignore feasibility of solution (make it realistic in an ideal real world)