Philosphy paper

For Week

1, address the following in a three

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page paper:

Identify a current event or contemporary social issue that you are interested in analyzing using the

critical thinking method. Your issue must be broad enough to sustain deep philosophical analysis and

must

have relevance to your community. This means that the issue should be one (1) about which

reasonable minds can disagree, (2) that concretely affects people’s lives and (3)that requires a solution.

Issues that only affect a few people or have only a minor i

mpact are probably too narrow. Issues that

you are not open to examining with an open mind will also not work well for this assignment. For some

topic suggestions, you might want to browse some recent episodes of PBS’s Frontline series or the

website of a

reputable news organization.

Identify at least two news articles on your topic located using the South University Online Library and/or

reputable news outlets. Make sure that the articles you choose present at least two different

perspectives on the issue

or event you choose and include information that you can use to develop your

arguments and analysis. If you cannot locate two news articles on your topic, or if all of the articles share

the same perspective, you should choose another topic. You should ci

te the two articles using correct

APA citation.

Analyze the issue using the critical

-

thinking method. Identify and explain any logical fallacies that might

be involved in any of the relevant arguments.

For Week 1, address the following in a three-page paper:

Identify a current event or contemporary social issue that you are interested in analyzing using the

critical thinking method. Your issue must be broad enough to sustain deep philosophical analysis and

must have relevance to your community. This means that the issue should be one (1) about which

reasonable minds can disagree, (2) that concretely affects people’s lives and (3)that requires a solution.

Issues that only affect a few people or have only a minor impact are probably too narrow. Issues that

you are not open to examining with an open mind will also not work well for this assignment. For some

topic suggestions, you might want to browse some recent episodes of PBS’s Frontline series or the

website of a reputable news organization.

Identify at least two news articles on your topic located using the South University Online Library and/or

reputable news outlets. Make sure that the articles you choose present at least two different

perspectives on the issue or event you choose and include information that you can use to develop your

arguments and analysis. If you cannot locate two news articles on your topic, or if all of the articles share

the same perspective, you should choose another topic. You should cite the two articles using correct

APA citation.

Analyze the issue using the critical-thinking method. Identify and explain any logical fallacies that might

be involved in any of the relevant arguments.