Blinn College Platos Euthyphro Essay I have all of the instructions in a ppt that will describe everything I need in the essay POTENTIAL PAPER TOPICS & GEN

Blinn College Platos Euthyphro Essay I have all of the instructions in a ppt that will describe everything I need in the essay POTENTIAL PAPER TOPICS
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GENERAL TIPS AND GUIDELINES
Intro to Ethics
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CATEGORIES
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Analysis
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Comparison
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Find a single argument/philosophy/philosopher and analyze
the argument. Explain it and critique it.
Find two opposing/comparable viewpoints on single topic.
Explain both, critique both, and explain which one is superior
and why.
Answer a Question/Problem
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Come up with a question/problem worth answering/solving.
Find an answer/solution. Explain the answer/solution and
how it answers/solves it. Critique it.
SUGGESTED ANALYSIS
Analyze any philosophy we’ve studied so far (or other
you can find).
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John Stuart Mill’s “The Subjection of Women”
Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Existentialism is a Humanism”
Simone De Beauvoir’s “The Ethics of Ambiguity”
Kierkegaard’s “Fear and Trembling”
Hannah Arrendt “Eichmann in Jerusalem”
Nietzsche’s “On the Genealogy of Morality”
Plato’s “Euthyphro”
SUGGESTED COMPARISONS
Identify two perspectives that are related but different
from the lectures to this point.
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Kant vs Mill (Deontology vs Utilitarianism) on Ethics
 Mill vs Bentham (Different perspectives on utilitarian ethics)
 Kant vs WD Ross (Rational vs Intuitionistic Rule Deontology)
 Marx vs Rand (Communism vs Capitalism or Altruism vs
Egoism)
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SUGGESTED PROBLEMS/QUESTIONS
Take a classic philosophical question and analyze the
solutions or formulate one and find out ways to answer
it.
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Problem of Evil/Theodicy (The morality of God)
Is Death Penalty ethical? Under what conditions?
Is abortion moral? Under what conditions?
The Cannibal Cop
Euthanasia
Self-Driving Cars
LGBT+ issues
Extreme measures in War (Torture, Drones, Nukes)
RESOURCES TO USE
1. Your book
2. Other books (Amazon, B&N, HPB)
3. The web (look for sites/pdfs from .edu)
4. Library (checkout books, Online databases)
WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR
Accurate Analysis – No BLATANT Mistakes.
 Source material – to prevent mistakes show what you
are basing your analysis/commentary on.
 College level writing – Paragraphs, grammar, spelling,
formatting, coherency
 Doing what you set out to do (explained in your thesis)
 A THESIS. State somewhere in the beginning what your
basic conclusion is and the basic steps that will bring you
to your conclusion.
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TIPS
Construct an Outline. Think about what you need to
write about to be thorough. Instead of answering one
huge problem, you’re merely writing 8+ smaller papers
with an overarching theme.
 Pick something you either understand very well or are
super interested in. You either will be able to write it
faster or be motivated to figure it out.
 Ask me for help on formulating a question for something
you’re interested in but aren’t sure on how to make it
philosophical.
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RUBRIC
Grammar (8 Points)
 Content (8 Points)
 Properly sourced/cited and formatted (4 Points)
 Proper Length (5 Points) (Anything under 5 pages will
suffer additional points from Content)
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