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4th Paper Signature Assignment for Course Intro to Ethics 2305 CRN 24665

Style Guidelines

1. The paper must be 5 pages long, typed, double-spaced, in an 11- or 12-point font with

reasonable margins.

2. The paper must be written in accord with the conventions of Standard Written English. Your

paper will be evaluated in part in terms of spelling, grammar, and overall structure.

3. You must use direct quotations from the readings assigned in class to support your claims

about what the philosophers say and/or believe. Citations should be in either the MLA or

Chicago Manual of Style formats (information on both of which is available on the UHD Library

website, under the heading, “Citing Sources”), and as such must give full bibliographical

information for your sources in either a “works cited” (MLA) or bibliographical footnotes

(Chicago). Quotations should be set off from the rest of the paper (typically by quotation marks),

and you must cite the page numbers in the relevant text where the quoted passage appears.

4. Do not assume that the reader of your paper is familiar with what has been read or discussed in

this class. Think of your reader as an educated person who, although they may be familiar with

philosophy in general, is not necessarily knowledgeable of the texts (or topics) you are

discussing in the paper. As such, you should make every effort to explain the ideas you discuss

and the quotations you use in straightforward language that generally conveys meaning to your

reader.

5. You are responsible for ensuring that your paper is free of plagiarism. If you do not know

what constitutes plagiarism, please consult the syllabus for this class, the UHD Student

Handbook, the Academic Honesty Policy of the University of Houston-Downtown, and/or the

UHD Library website (“Plagiarism: Understand and Avoid It!” in the section, “Citing Sources”) .

If you are still uncertain, please contact the instructor with any specific questions you might

have.

6. The paper must be submitted online (via Blackboard).

ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS FOR SUBMISSION

1. The paper must be typed. 2. Do NOT include a title. 3. Place your name, date, and course and section numbers in the header of the paper on one

line.

4. Make sure to save your paper with the following file name: [your last name] 4th Paper.

Example: Bohorquez 4th Paper.

5. You must submit your paper in a format that is compatible with

Microsoft Word. If I have difficulty reading your paper because of the

format in which it was submitted, I will consider your paper as not

4th Paper Signature Assignment for Course Intro to Ethics 2305 CRN 24665

submitted. Though pdf files are compatible with MS Word, the conversion process makes the files very difficult to read. Please do NOT submit your paper as a pdf.

6. Submit this as an attachment to Blackboard. I will not accept hard copies or e-mail submissions of your paper. Make sure that you know how to and can submit to

Blackboard before the deadline.

7. You must also have at least 4 relevant and explanatory quotes from the

primary texts with which we have worked.

8. When referring to texts please use parenthetical or endnotes in MLA format. Right- click on the link for MLA format info: MLA format.

9. The length of the paper MUST be at least the minimum. When determining word count do NOT include footnotes or endnotes. Only use words in the body of the paper toward

word count. Click on the following link for information on setting up word count on MS

Word: Word Count

10. Make sure to include a Works Cited section or page. Look at this link for info on how to format and what to include in a Works Cited page.

Write a 5-page paper responding to the topic below. This assignment is

due Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at 11:59 pm (almost midnight). Submit

this to Blackboard.

Having read Singer, Hardin, and Murdoch and Oaten, what responsibility do you think the

developed nations of the world have to address and lessen the overwhelming suffering and

misery of the developing nations of the world?

Method Guidelines

Your answer to the question must not only present your own considered opinion on the matter,

but must have a basis in the readings for the course, and be formulated so as to include at least:

1. a comparative examination of two or three different possible answers to the question;

2. a critical analysis of your own position which identifies potential weaknesses in the

position and explains what makes that position nevertheless superior in some way to the

others considered; and

3. specific reference to ideas, insights, and/or arguments presented by the philosophers

assigned in the prompt.