Description
Read: Al Gore, Our Purpose, and Amber Katherine, “A Green Introduction to Philosophy.”
Prompt: Write an 800-900 word, single-spaced essay on the debate question. Submit on Canvas. (100 pts; late penalty 10% starting on the due date)
Grading will be based on your success on the following points:
- Briefly define the “examined life” according to Socrates in “Apology.”
- Specify and define “the good life” as the criterion for judgment.
- Use Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” to provide a favorable rhetorical framework for your essay.
- Take a side and state your position/thesis/conclusion, e.g. “I stand with Socrates, the path to the good life is moral self-examination,” or “Against Socrates, I will persuade you that the good life does not depend on morals.”
- Make an argument for your position supported by “real life” experience. REQUIRED: Include two examples: (1) related to climate change, and (2) a personal experience.
- Make at least one argument against your opposition’s best critique of your position. [If you are for Socrates, Thrasymachus’ arguments are your opposition; if you are for Thasymachus, Socrates’ arguments are your opposition.]
- Make use of arguments presented in the assigned readings.
- Incorporate a quote from Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture or his film.
NOTES FOR SUCCESS:
> Do not make an argument based on an appeal to authority, sacred text, or any material other than that which has been assigned in this class. The point is to show what you can do with the required material.
> Do not fall into the trap of WFTT, use free-writing, and review debating: Greening Philosophy, pp. 20 – 26.
> Do not waste valuable space with summary.
> Plagiarizing paper = 0/100. Trust your mind and think for yourself.
> Edit & revise: Write at least 2 drafts. Read the first one through to someone else in the class or bring it to office hours for feedback to improve your final draft.
explanation of prompt: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/rec/play/zw4eu3FYZ8iOGIs…
RUBRIC: Argumentative Essay
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIntroduction, Thesis & PreviewIntroductory sentence is on point, engaging, and provides context for the question of the debate. The thesis (conclusion) is a single sentence telling the reader what position your will argue for/against. The preview is the “road map” for making your case. |
|
10.0 pts |
|||||
|
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDefine/Explain Key ConceptsKey concepts are ideas that play an important role in the argument. |
|
10.0 pts |
|||||
|
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting Structure & StyleThe essay is unified by voice and themeatic emphasis. |
|
20.0 pts |
|||||
|
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeArgument StrengthArguments provide support for their conclusions only if the premises are reasonable and supported by evidence, and are properly connected to the conclusion. Arguments based on examples, analogies, and thought experiments are well developed. Strong arguments make the criterion for judgment clear and return to it throughout the essay. |
|
20.0 pts |
|||||
|
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeConsider & Reply to OppositionEvaluate the evidence and reasoning for your opposition’s best argument. Refute or synthesize their criticisms of your argument. Extends the principle of charity in presentation of opposition and respond to the strongest rational opposition to the thesis. Replies include refutation and/or synthesis. |
|
20.0 pts |
|||||
|
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUse of SourcesEffective use of assigned course texts includes wise borrowing, i.e. quoting and/or paraphrasing, for the development of your argument. Demonstrate what you can do with the assigned texts rather than bringing in sources which have not been assigned. Develop arugments rather than merely summarzing the text. |
|
20.0 pts |
|||||
|
Total Points: 100.0 |
|||||||
Solution:
We have the solution to this question. However, to avoid posible plagiarism, let us provide a fully custom and original solution. Please talk to any of our homework helpers via the chat icons at the bottom of your screen.
Messenger
WhatsApp
Gmail