- Essays should be approximately 4 double-spaced pages.
- Essays should comply with an appropriate citation format:
- Please use: MLA, Chicago, or APA style
- Essays will be assessed using the following criteria:
Purpose (20%)
Your essay should have a clear, well-defined thesis.
Sources & Citation (20%)
Your essay should draw upon primary and secondary source information in useful and illuminating ways to support key points. It should show excellent integration of quoted material into paragraphs, with all sources cited correctly.
Logic & Argumentation (20%)
Your essay’s arguments should be identifiable, reasonable, and sound (or strong). Clear reasons should be offered in support of key claims. You should anticipate and successfully grapple with counter-arguments.
Structure & Style (20%)
Your essay’s structure should be evident, understandable, and appropriate for the assignment. Your essay should be focused and unified. Your words should be chosen effectively, with excellent transitions between points. You should anticipate the reader’s need for information, explanation, and context.
Mechanics (20%)
Your essay should contain correct sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
A.
- COMPARE and CONTRAST (a) Meta-Ethical Relativism (particularly Cultural Relativism) and (b) Divine Command Theory.
- What does each theory claim about the nature and status of moral facts? … of our moral duties?
- Where do these theories disagree? Why?
- Where, if at all, do they agree? In what sense?
- IDENTIFY and EXPLAIN at least one argument critical of each theory.
- IDENTIFY and EXPLAIN at least one argument in support of each theory.