Among the topics covered in Part Two of our course, which cover various topics i

Among the topics covered in Part Two of our course, which cover various topics in applied ethics, please select one you would like to write about. Let me know what your topic is (please send me a message through Canvas). I would like to make sure that your topic is not so narrow that you would not have much to say about it nor so broad as to be overwhelming. Once I approve your topic, please review all our class readings about it. Now you are ready to write!
Your paper should show that you can think critically about an important issue in applied ethics. At a minimum, the paper should contain:
A clear statement of the question or issue you are going to examine
A clear statement of your position
A defense of your position with good arguments and well-motivated considerations
An analysis of positions different from yours, together with a statement of why, in your opinion, they are not satisfactory
Pertinent references to our class readings, indicating that you have reflected on them and can incorporate them into your discussion
The paper should be 1,500 to 2,000 words in length (this roughly equals five to seven double-spaced typewritten pages).
This is not a research paper, but a paper through which you show that you have used our readings and class discussion to arrive at your own position on a certain issue in applied ethics. So you should not use any sources besides our textbook. In particular, you should NOT use the Internet. For the most part, the Internet is not a reliable and accurate source of information, and it is not wise of students to make extensive use of it.
IMPORTANT: Note on plagiarism
There are students who compose their papers in the following manner. They call up Internet documents pertinent to their topic, and then they copy and paste the content of those documents into their paper. This is a very serious academic offense. It is called plagiarism (presenting another person’s work as one’s own). Plagiarism is not tolerated at IU Northwest. In this course, all papers plagiarized in part or in full will receive an automatic F. All cases of plagiarism will be reported to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, who has the authority to impose additional sanctions ranging from probation to expulsion.
If you feel that you do not fully understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it, click on this link to take a tutorial: https://plagiarism.iu.edu/tutorials/
By being a student in our course, you agree that you understand that plagiarism is wrong and can have serious consequences.