This is a philosophy paper. You can choose any topic.
Paper Prompt
Students are required to submit a 750-word (minimum) midterm paper. The student will present a situation requiring an ethical choice, consider the possible choices available and their consequences, take a position on the situation, and justify that choice.
The student must incorporate significant references to at least one thinker discussed in the course so far as part of their evaluation of the situation requiring an ethical choice.
The paper must include the following:
Heading or Cover Page: This must include the student's name, course section, and a link to the news article on which the essay is based.
Summary of Situation Requiring a Choice: The student must summarize the situation which calls for an ethical choice, including all relevant details.
Presentation of Available Choices: The student must present the possible choices available and the consequences of those choices.
Decision and Justification: The student must make a choice in the situation and justify that choice with well-reasoned arguments.
Philosophical Engagement: The must make substantial references to at least one thinker we have discussed in the course so far. These references can be used in any part of the paper and should demonstrate thoughtful engagement with the philosopher and ideas encountered in this course.
Make sure to Cite with MLA citation 8
Article 1 - Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex by H.M. Parshley
Article 2 - Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes
Article 3 - Plato's Phaedo by Simmias and Socrates and Translated by Benjamin Jowett
Article 4 - Selections from Epictetus' Enchiridion Translated by Elizabeth Carter