PHIL 1402
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
UNIT 5
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
Present a 3-page research paper on Ethics and Morality in the world around you.
Remember, your personal philosophy is right for you, you do not have to agree with
these scholars or anyone in the class. Please respect yourself enough to state your
case, and others enough to allow them to state theirs.
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You must pick one of these three topics:
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1. If you are a religious person, write about an ethical conflict you have with your own
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religion’s tenants which you feel morally obligated to not follow.
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o This can be as brave as talking about gender and sexuality issues or as light as if
you always follow the dietary practices your religion requires, (alcohol, smoking,
kosher diet, or halal food for example). You must use at least two examples in
o
your writing.
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o Use the correct terms you learned this unit.
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Assessment Criteria
• Does the paper clearly identify the chosen topic and why they chose it?
ed d
• Does the paper consider the ethical and moral imperatives of the topic?
ar stu
• Does the writer give at least two examples of the argument and protests or defends
them in a meaningful way? (grading note: you do not have to agree with an
argument to be valid)
is
• Presentation of reasonable argument for why the chosen topic is important to the
student’s view of society.
Th
• APA and overall look and feel of the paper is college-level work
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, As a religious person, I chose the first of the three topics for this paper. I am a Christian and with
that comes a lot of ‘do and don’ts’ and what you must believe and what you are not allowed to. In
this paper we will discuss one of my ethical conflicts which I am facing every day and have decided
that going against the religious tenants is something I must do, for myself, in order to feel good
and just about it. These are my own private reasoning and I do not expect anyone to agree or
understand them, I have never asked anyone to even accept them, it is just where my mind is at on
the journey in this discovery and something I am working through. The three topics will include
gender issues, alcohol consumption and attending Sunday church services. I chose these three
m
er as
because they are the three that I am currently dealing with and they are personal to me, within the
co
eH w
context and culture I am finding around me, but have seen me being scrutinized for standing for
o.
what I believe and going against the norm of the Christian faith.
rs e
ou urc
The three examples:
o
aC s
Gender
vi y re
I might not be the smartest person alive, that I know, and I do accept that people can have their
own sexual preference. They can like and love whoever they wish and for whichever reasons they
ed d
ar stu
want to, but I cannot move past my head and heart telling me there are only two genders namely,
male and female. Now, this has been massive in the church recently and they have made it part of
is
the faith in the sense that God made all people exactly how they made them, and those people will
Th
know how he made them, which can be any of the 58 genders which is now accepted (Goldman,
sh
2014). For myself, I have to go against the norm of those who is also Christian because I cannot
see or come to terms with there being more than the two genders. I feel someone with testicles is
a male, someone with a vagina, is a female. How they choose to feel, act or who they love does
not come into this equation, this gender is just who they are, by their biological DNA. I believe
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INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
UNIT 5
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
Present a 3-page research paper on Ethics and Morality in the world around you.
Remember, your personal philosophy is right for you, you do not have to agree with
these scholars or anyone in the class. Please respect yourself enough to state your
case, and others enough to allow them to state theirs.
m
er as
You must pick one of these three topics:
co
eH w
1. If you are a religious person, write about an ethical conflict you have with your own
o.
religion’s tenants which you feel morally obligated to not follow.
rs e
ou urc
o This can be as brave as talking about gender and sexuality issues or as light as if
you always follow the dietary practices your religion requires, (alcohol, smoking,
kosher diet, or halal food for example). You must use at least two examples in
o
your writing.
aC s
o Use the correct terms you learned this unit.
vi y re
Assessment Criteria
• Does the paper clearly identify the chosen topic and why they chose it?
ed d
• Does the paper consider the ethical and moral imperatives of the topic?
ar stu
• Does the writer give at least two examples of the argument and protests or defends
them in a meaningful way? (grading note: you do not have to agree with an
argument to be valid)
is
• Presentation of reasonable argument for why the chosen topic is important to the
student’s view of society.
Th
• APA and overall look and feel of the paper is college-level work
sh
This study source was downloaded by 100000805705997 from CourseHero.com on 11-07-2021 01:57:18 GMT -05:00
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, As a religious person, I chose the first of the three topics for this paper. I am a Christian and with
that comes a lot of ‘do and don’ts’ and what you must believe and what you are not allowed to. In
this paper we will discuss one of my ethical conflicts which I am facing every day and have decided
that going against the religious tenants is something I must do, for myself, in order to feel good
and just about it. These are my own private reasoning and I do not expect anyone to agree or
understand them, I have never asked anyone to even accept them, it is just where my mind is at on
the journey in this discovery and something I am working through. The three topics will include
gender issues, alcohol consumption and attending Sunday church services. I chose these three
m
er as
because they are the three that I am currently dealing with and they are personal to me, within the
co
eH w
context and culture I am finding around me, but have seen me being scrutinized for standing for
o.
what I believe and going against the norm of the Christian faith.
rs e
ou urc
The three examples:
o
aC s
Gender
vi y re
I might not be the smartest person alive, that I know, and I do accept that people can have their
own sexual preference. They can like and love whoever they wish and for whichever reasons they
ed d
ar stu
want to, but I cannot move past my head and heart telling me there are only two genders namely,
male and female. Now, this has been massive in the church recently and they have made it part of
is
the faith in the sense that God made all people exactly how they made them, and those people will
Th
know how he made them, which can be any of the 58 genders which is now accepted (Goldman,
sh
2014). For myself, I have to go against the norm of those who is also Christian because I cannot
see or come to terms with there being more than the two genders. I feel someone with testicles is
a male, someone with a vagina, is a female. How they choose to feel, act or who they love does
not come into this equation, this gender is just who they are, by their biological DNA. I believe
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