Need someone to do a modern political thought class paper for me

Modern Political Thought 1

POLS 2328 Modern Political Thought

Spring 2018 Prof. Natalie Bormann [email protected] 932 Renaissance Park Office Hours: M 3-4, W 12-1, R 3-4

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Should rights be restricted?

Instructions In the op-ed piece “Every solution to mass shootings inevitably involves a serious trade-off”, McLaughlin speaks of the relationship between rights and gun violence, arguing that reducing the latter involves limiting the former; he claims, “accepting the unacceptable, or restricting our freedoms”. In this paper, the chief objective is to engage with the ways in which rights inform states, and to what extent this template is feasible, justifiable, and even moral.

1) Explain how the article’s views connect with Locke’s rights framework. Focus specifically on the relationship between the state and natural rights.

2) Evaluate to what extent the rights debate should be central in solving mass shootings (you may consult Bentham here as an alternative approach in thinking about this issue).

3) Make recommendations about the role of rights in the legitimacy of states. If a solution to gun violence always ‘involves a trade-off’ on rights, how feasible is the rights framework to begin with?

Reading 1) Dan McLaughlin (2018) “Every solution to mass shootings inevitably involves a serious trade-off”, LA

Times, http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mclaughlin-parkland-shooting-20180215-story.html, February 15.

2) Locke’s Second Treatise of Government 3) Bentham’s An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

Due Friday March 2

Modern Political Thought 2

Some paper writing guidelines

Format § Papers should be around 1000 words long (-/+ 10% only! I will take half a grade off for longer papers) § Papers do not need to have a particular font, font size, or margin. § Papers need to be submitted through Turnitin on Blackboard. Please do not email me your paper.

Deadline § Papers can be submitted until the end of the day they are due (which means midnight). § There is a ‘grace period’ of 2 days within which you may submit (here: Sunday, March 4). § If you feel you cannot meet the deadline after the grace period has lapsed, you must meet with me to

discuss your ideas on the paper and to work on a schedule for submission. Not consulting me on late submissions results in point deductions.

Questions about the paper § Extra office hours for this paper are as follows:

o Wednesday, Feb 21, 3-4pm | Thursday, Feb 22, 3-4pm | Monday, Feb 26, 12-1pm. § The discussion groups are set up to address any questions about the paper you may have. § I also answer paper questions via email and am committed to reading paper outlines.

Sources § Papers should have traces of the original texts we read. Please make sure to include page references and

your source. You can decide on the citation style as long as you stay consistent with that style throughout the paper.

§ You are invited to use additional resources (other texts, articles, books) but you are not expected to doing so.

About the paper § Papers are neither book reviews nor summaries. The section on my course philosophy signal that the

objective of our engagement with the material is to evaluate and critically assess our relationship with key political concepts and ideas. Therefore, papers should be interpretative in nature, and you are asked to explain concepts, analyze their role and importance, and recommend how we may need to understand, question, accept, or deny these concepts.

§ Stay away from lengthy descriptions and include only material that you are willing to discuss in detail. § Papers should have an opening paragraph that sets out the overall objective and development of the

paper. Be clear about what the overall ‘take away’ will be in the paper. § Paper guidelines do not need to be answered in order or in designated sections. You should attempt to

write a coherent narrative that addresses the questions throughout. Treat the questions as prompts and cues.

§ Papers may use a first-person narrative. Eg. ‘I agree with Locke’ § Papers are at their best when they show reflection and analysis. § I encourage you to base the papers on the discussions we have during our class time.