philosophy of love and sex

philosophy of love and sex

Paper details:

1- While you are expected to do some research, the focus of the paper is not on reporting the views of other people or the history of ideas- Rather, you are
considering what others have said in order to better frame and justify your own opinion on the topic- Also, you are _not_ expected to do a large survey of the
literature- If you end up using just two or three sources in your paper, that’s fine-

2- The use of sources is _not_ to justify your opinion- If you have a reasonable opinion, you need to tell me your reasons- It’s not acceptable to just claim X
and then cite as ‘evidence’ for X the fact that a famous philosopher said X- Philosophers disagree- Often they’re wrong- So if you agree with a philosopher
who made some claim, that’s fine, but you need to explain why you think he’s right, why you find his argument convincing, or how you’d defend his opinion
against some obvious objections, etc- The use of sources is just to give you some ideas to consider, argue for or against, etc-

3- The style of the essay does not have to be ‘formal’- You can write in the first person- You do not need to have a formal introduction or conclusion- Just try
to be clear and readable-

4- You must use citations (references) whenever making use of the ideas or arguments of other people- Any commonly used style is fine-APA, MLA, in-text
citations or footnotes-so long as it is used consistently and enables the reader to find the relevant passages in the text you’re citing- (Normally you should
note the page numbers, for example-)

5- The essay should be approximately 8-12 pages double-spaced, 11 or 12 point mm. This is not a strict requirement- If you write an excellent paper but it’s
a bit shorter or longer, it’s still an excellent paper and you don’t lose (or gain) marks for length alone-

6- If you’re not sure what to write about, just go over the course reading that you discussed in the previous assignment; find an interesting or controversial
claim that the author makes, and consider whether you agree- You could easily write a good paper of this length by simply examining an argument for one
claim from the course reading: how does the author support that claim (if he does support it)? what objections could be raised against the claim, and could
the author‘s position be defended against those objections? And so on-