There are no extensions or exceptions. I would like the paper to be 12 font and double spaced. I suggest that it be 5-6 pages in length. I would also like a title page, as well as a works, cited page. I am more demanding on the paper than on any else I grade in this course.
Paper Topics: The following are possible paper topics that can be used by students though students are not limited to these topics (any other topic must be approved by me): 1) Dialectic (Philosophy) vs. Rhetoric (Sophistry) in Contemporary American Society 2) The Ethical Implications of Socrates claim “The unexamined life is not worth living” for modern society 3) The moral status of the fetus in abortion 4) Singer’s account of speciesism for the modern U.S. 5) Aristotle’s account of friendship 6) Plato’s account of erotic love 7) Ortega y Gassett’s account of modern technology ) 8) The moral status of the unborn in abortion 9) An Analysis of Retentionism and Abolitionism in Capital Punishment 10) Peter Singer’s account of Suffering