Essay prompts For the paper you can write on any of the themes we investigated f

Essay prompts
For the paper you can write on any of the themes we investigated following your first paper. These themes include: international sweatshops, distributive justice, advertising, employee rights and worker safety. Here are some broad prompts for essay topics:
• Are multinational corporations obligated to pay a living wage when doing business internationally? Discuss with reference to the papers by Maitland and Donaldson
• Libertarians and liberals disagree over what constitutes a just distribution of wealth. With reference to the papers by Nozick and Rawls critically assess the question regarding whether redistributive taxation is just. (You can also bring Locke and Marx into the analysis.)
• How much information is an advertiser obligated to disclose to a customer in selling a product? Discuss with reference to Carr, Machan and Arrington?
• Does advertising violate consumer autonomy? Discuss with reference to Arrington and Kilbourne. (You can also bring Payne into the discission).
• Do you think the employment at will doctrine is morally justified? Discuss with reference to Epstein and Werhane.
• Do employees have a right to occupational safety? Discuss with reference to Machan and Spurgin.
Instructions and criteria of assessment
You must draw from at least 2 authors in addressing one of the above essay topics. The idea is to write an argumentative essay, whereby you:
(i) State your thesis explicitly (‘My goal in this paper is to…’).
(ii) Explicate the text (identifying, contrasting, and discussing the arguments made by the authors you are examining, and which relate to your thesis).
(iii) Provide analysis (with a view to supporting your thesis)
Here are some questions (guidelines) you should keep in mind in writing your paper:
Does your paper have a clearly articulated thesis?
Is the thesis supported by arguments?
Are these arguments logically structured?
Do you make use of the primary texts in defending your thesis?
Have you anticipated potential criticisms of your position and demonstrated why your position is superior to rival interpretations?
Is your writing clear and to the point?
Is your writing technically flawless, free of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors?
Do you have proper documentation in a consistent style?