4 page APA argumentative paper

5 points

You included a brief consideration of current policy debate and how it relates to the subject at hand, and all that is below.

4 points

You included a brief consideration of contemporary philosophical debates on the subject, used concrete examples, and all that is below.

3 points

You incorporated a thoughtful analysis of the issue at hand and referred to the relevant text, and all that is below.

2 points

You answered the prompt in some fashion, and all that is below.

1 point

You have a pulse and turned something in.

40-50 points

Includes a thorough, detailed, and nuanced consideration of the philosophical and policy debates concerning the issue at hand, relates prompt to real-world examples that elucidate the philosophical points you are making, you refer to most (preferably all) of the texts we reviewed in class, you are direct and to the point, and all that is below.

30-40 points

Includes a detailed consideration of the philosophical issues at hand and relates them to current events and historical examples, and all that is below.

20-30 points

Includes a consideration of the philosophical issues debated in class and addressed in my lectures, makes reference to a few of the texts used in class, and all that is below.

10-20 points

Includes a consideration of the topic/prompt, and all that is below.

<10 points

Includes a vague sense you’re enrolled in a political theory course.