2-3 PAGE ESSAY PHILOSOPHY

Writing an Argument – “Sparky”

Here is the question you must riddle:

                       WHAT are the best reasons why not to nuke the puppy Sparky?

ANSWER THE QUESTION USING THIS USUAL FORMAT: >MLA heading-style, Size-12 Times New Roman Font

· Abstract (see Announcements)

· Documentation with citations and work cited 

· Two sources (at least!!)

· Two to three pages

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· ANSWER THE QUESTION USING THIS USUAL FORMAT: 1) MLA heading-style and documentation with annotations and work cited 2) Size-12 Times New Roman Font 3) Two sources - A) You do have to use this text -- plenty is on the Web (But it is an excellent resource) The textbook, Taking Sides: Moral Issues// S. Satris, ed., MacGraw-Hill, 9th Ed., 2003 // ISBN 0072845112 with at least two quotes to back your ideas up ( you may use so other source - online or text - if you find it more suitable), and B) one source of your choice on emotion or logic - two quotes 4) Begin with abstract: In a text box after heading before the text, list your main theme, then the two main supports for your thematic pondering. After this, flesh the essay out in a typical essay form 5) 500 -1000 words

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DIRECTIONS:

1. Read all the scenarios.

2. Pick the TWO "best."

3. Argue for them using RESEARCH (Google) and argument form (The Cluster Form from the first week is easiest).

CLUSTER WRITING FORM

This form is designed to facilitate expression and argumentation.

The Parts:

1) Contention – a claim or opinion

2) Support – a fact, anecdote, example, or quote

3) Commentary – There are three possible parts here: how or why the support sustains the contention (one can do both to make chunk longer), and may also contain a value statement for fortification

* These steps may appear in any order and can be done in sentences multiplexes; further, it is common to begin with the fact.

4. In MLA-formatted essay, with works cited, support your position.  Scenarios:

You should not put Sparky in the microwave because . . .

1. It is unethical to torture a defenseless puppy for personal amusement. 2. Torturing animals will disgust your lover or spouse, and that lover or spouse will probably have nothing to do with you afterwards. 3. Microwaves radically elevate the temperature of biological liquids, including the fluids of the cardiovascular system and the inner-ear canal. 4. Cruelty to animals is a felony in Tennessee, and it could result in a five-to-ten-year prison sentence. 5. You might damage your expensive microwave. 6. You might damage my expensive microwave. 7. Sparky belongs to me. 8. You put the last one in the microwave, and it's my turn now. 9. Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of war, forbids us to kill one of his holy avatars. 10. You will have to clean the microwave afterward. 11. Sparky is--gosh darn it--too cute for that! 12. Your suggestion that it will dry his coat and get rid of the "wet dog" smell is erroneous. 13. The strong always have an obligation to defend lesser creatures that are weak and helpless. 14. Burritos taste better than puppies when they are reheated. 15. All the food you cook in the microwave will taste like puppy hair afterwards.

RUBRIC:

> HEADING -  

your name

my name

Class (Phil 2306)

Date (16 February 2019)                                                                              Worth 10 points

> ABSTRACT - lets me know your approach. 

Problem statement: What problem are you trying to solve?

Motivation: Why do we care about the problem and the results?

Approach: How did you go about solving or making progress on the problem

Results: What's the answer

Conclusions: What are the implications of your answer?                                                       Worth 10 points

> CITATIONS - All evidence must be MLA-format; example: (Smith 2) -- after all info agreeing with works cited –  But just two or maybe three is too little, too lean and weak. Worth 10 points

> SOURCES – make sure that you do MLA format, otherwise illegal.           Worth 20 point           

> REQUIREMENTS – see assignment, look for particulars                             Worth 20 points

> PERSUASION - backed by reasoning and evidence - facts, quotes, anecdotes Worth 40 points

 

What your paper should look like

Below is a sample paper from one of my students in Poland to give you an idea of the MLA-format this old college teacher expects from his students:

 

Karla Polish

Steven Shoemaker

PHIL 2306

8 July 2015

 

Development and Motivation

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ABSTRACT

· Maslow and Erikson focus on different traits of human personality.

· Erikson maintains that people go through different stages during life.

· Abraham Maslow identifies different kinds of needs that must be achieved to become a fully developed self. Both Philosophers have focused on some of the most important aspects of human behavior.

· If all stages and levels are met, the self is successfully developed.

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Payton Manning has been the best quarterback in the NFL for years, and then two years ago his brother, Eli, grew use he was the MVP of the Superbowl. Motivation and development play an important role in our daily life decisions and personality – books will be written on the motivation and development of the younger Manning. Philosophers Abraham Maslow and Erikson have different theories that are related with human growth.  Erikson focuses on ego and its different stages; Maslow focuses on certain needs that humans must achieve to become a fully developed human being. Both concern themselves with why we are as we are, and both are essential in understanding people such as the Mannings.

From a very early age, humans start to develop a virtues and unique personality. In the early years of life, an infant learns very valuable qualities.  According to Erikson, hope, will, purpose and competence are the rudiments of virtue developed in childhood (Coles 191). All of these ego-qualities are (cont. for 7 pages)

Works Cited

Coles, Robert. The Erik Erikson Reader. New York: W.W Norton & Company, 2000.

Hoffman, Edward. The Right to Be Human: A Biography of Abraham Maslow. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, INC., 1988.

Maslow, Abraham. Toward a Psychology of Being. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1968.

NOTE MLA HEADING, ABSTRACT, OPENING PARAGRAPH USING ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE,CITATIONs (Coles 191)., HEADER ON ALL BUT FIRST PAGE, AND WORKS CITED