CC88257 Applied Ethics Tutorial 2, Class 1116

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CC-88-257 Applied EthicsTutorial 2, Class 11-16

• Further Guidelines on Individual or Group Paper

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Topics

• Brief Reminders of Requirements
• Suggested Organization and Content
• Writing Process
• Discussion on a Case Presentation
• Exercise on Writing an Outline
• References

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Brief Reminders of Requirements

• Weighting (30)
• An individual or group essay in English (800 to
  1000 words)
• Responding to Questions for Analysis after a
  Case Presentation in the textbook.
• Hardcopy to be submitted in the last tutorial.

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Suggested Organization and Content

• Introduction Body Conclusion
• Introduction
• Brief background information about the case
• Introduce / define / clarify the specific
  questions analyzed in the paper
• State your positions / answers precisely and
  concisely.

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• Body
• Present your detailed reasons / arguments in
  support of your positions / answers. You may . .
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• apply theories or concepts learnt in lectures to
  analyze the issue
• explain and critically evaluate other scholars
  views about it
• show how your view solves or avoids some problems
  facing others views
• be honest about how much your arguments show and
  their potential weaknesses
• try to identify possible objections to or
  difficulties for your view and suggest how they
  might be answered and so on.

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• Conclusion
• Briefly summarize your results or some concluding
  remarks.
• If possible, suggest further lines of analysis
  that would build upon or apply your results.

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Writing Process

• Three steps
• Preparing and planning
• Writing
• Revising
• Preparing and planning
• Write an outline (??) during this whole stage in
  order to guide your thinking.
• Think about the issue and gather relevant
  information.
• Formulate and evaluate your initial view.

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• Evaluate opposing views.
• Determine and evaluate your final position.
• Consider the order and structure in which to
  argue for your position.
• Choose an informative title for the paper.
• Writing
• Use the outline to develop your ideas.
• Explain everything in suitable details.
• Lazy, stupid, and mean readers as reminder
• Be clear, concise and precise.
• Work on it patiently, step-by-step and bit-by-bit.

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• Revising
• (a) After writing first draft (??), put your
  paper away for one or two days
• (b) Then read it from the viewpoint of a critical
  reader.
• (c) Ask another person to comment on your paper.
• (d) Revise to fix the problems.
• Repeat (a) to (d) until the paper is satisfactory.

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Discussion on a Case Presentation

• Source
• Textbook (9th edition), pp. 222-3.
• Case on euthanasia (???)
• I Did It Because I Loved My Son
• Task
• Read and discuss this case with your group
  members.
• Try to response to the Questions for Analysis
  with good reasons.

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• Case Presentation
• I Did It Because I Loved My Son

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• Questions for Analysis

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Exercise on Writing an Outline

• Draft an outline (??) may prove helpful in
  guiding your thinking about the issue.
• Exercise see the clip and write an outline with
  these items
• Topic
• Introduction
• Con-argument
• Pro-argument

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References

• Sample argumentative essay
• http//phil.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/wmkwok/SpaceCC-Ethic
  s/file/sample20argumentative20essay.pdf
• Real ambition on writing a good philosophy paper
• Writing a Philosophy Paper
• Checklist for Writing Philosophy Papers