Assignment 3 (A full paper: Intro + Argument + Objection + Reply + Conclusion)
Topic: Abortion or Killing & Letting Die
Length: 1000 words maximum (about 4 pages). This assignment will be a
complete, short philosophy paper.
1. Choose one of the following:
a. Explain Judith Thomsons violinist argument for the morality of
abortion. Or
b. Explain one of James Rachels arguments against the relevance of the
distinction between active and passive euthanasia.
2. Then explain an objection to the argument you chose: either one that the author
considers, one that came up in lecture or another reading, or your own. Consider
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just one objection, the one you find most powerful, even if you do not agree with
it.
3. Give a response on behalf of the person defending the argument in part 1.
4. Do you think that the response succeeds? Who is right? Why? Explain your
assessment of the arguments you have discussed. (This is your conclusion.)
5. After you have written up parts 1-4 and figured out what you will argue for,
add an introduction to the beginning of your paper, setting out what you will
discuss and what conclusion you will draw.
Parts (1), (2), and (3) should each be approximately a page long (double-spaced);
your intro and conclusion should each be approximately half a page. This is just a
heuristic, though; dont worry if your proportions dont work out exactly like that
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