paper 2
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paper2instructions.docxEthics Paper 2 Instructions
This being your second paper and your first truly argumentative one, I have done much of the work for you. In the paper 2 module, you have a few topics with extra sources. You can also choose any of the applied topics from the last few weeks of the class (abortion, animal ethics, sex ethics, immigration, ???)
There are 5 conditions that must be fulfilled (see below). However, you are ultimately responsible for choosing the topic and direction of your essay.
1. Roughly 1500 -1800 words double-spaced (MINIMUM). It is permissible to go over the 1800 words if needed (no excuses about not knowing you could write more to fulfill the tasks)
2. You must present an applied topic. The topic could be from lecture, a default topic, or from outside lecture. If you choose to use a topic we did not cover in class you must verify the topic and readings with me before you begin.
a. Examples: Freedom of speech, terror, euthanasia, etc...
b. In presenting this topic, you should consider the notion of moral permissibility, not just preferred behaviors.
3. You must tie your applied topic into a previously covered theory of ethical evaluation. In other words, take a position. You can make it a mixture of positions (eg, Rule Utilitarianism) but that is definitely a more difficult project.
Examples: Kant’s deontology, Mill’s utilitarianism, Ethics of Care, Virtue Ethics, Social Contract Morality (Hobbes or Rawls and his egalitarianism), or even one of the other theories (but they would need to do an additional reading for clarification of the ideas).
4. You must use an objection that both applies generally to the theory and the situation. You must also attempt to meet/answer the objection.
5. You must include one secondary source and provide a full MLA/APA/WHATEVER works cited page. (
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/united-states-of-secrets/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/07/surveillance-privacy-philosophy-data-internet-things
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics/resources/why-we-care-about-privacy/
http://philosophytalk.org/community/blog/john-perry/2015/04/right-privacy
http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3111&context=lcp
http://www.iep.utm.edu/surv-eth/
https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/oceanic-enemy
https://www.scribd.com/document/129115194/Waldron-Security-and-Liberty-the-Image-of-Balance
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/privacy-and-the-threat-to-the-self/?_r=0
