Final

Paper Guidelines

Your final paper is a 6-8-page paper, where you choose from the issues in applied ethics that we covered
in the class (abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, animal rights, and war, terrorism and torture,
sexual morality) and present me a THESIS driven paper where you clearly state and defend your
belief/position on one of these. Please follow the following outline in writing your paper:

1.) Introduction Overview of the problem clearly define your issue and tell me what the central
ethical dilemma/conflict is. Please be sure to include a thesis statement worded I will argue
that __________ (insert your issue) is ethically permissible/impermissible (or both) because
(clearly state the reasons here.)
2.) Legal Framework/Relevant important terminology anything from the BBC overviews or my
notes that are pertinent to the issue you choose. If you choose abortion or Euthanasia, you
must certainly include Roe. V. Wade or Death with Dignity.
3.) Use 2 out of the three theories we learned to analyze your issue. These should include defining
the relevant concepts from the theories that you think relate to your issue (For example, using
Aristotles notion of teleology to present a pro-life argument against abortion). You should pick
the ethical theory first that agrees with your argument and then present me the counter-
argument to your position with its relevant theory. You may use all three theories if you wish,
but you must use two. Note: meta-ethical stances are NOT theories.
4.) Mary Ann Warrens 5 criteria of personhood (if you are doing abortion, euthanasia, or animal
rights)
5.) Methodology Discuss the relevant methods involved in your issue and argue whether they
matter or not to the ethical permissibility of your topic
6.) At least one outside source, including a current example of your issue in the news. Your BBC
overviews DO NOT count as an outside source
7.) Conclusion

This paper is MLA format. It MUST utilize the e-book, BBC overviews and your chosen outside sources at
the minimal. Anything else you use it optional. Everything must be properly cited in the paper with a
works cited page.

Your final paper will be due on the designated final exam day, to be handed in directly HARDCOPY only,
with the below attached grade evaluation.

Self-Evaluation for your grade: Included as a separate page and stapled to your final paper must we a
qualitative grade statement: Please state what grade you believe you earned in the course overall. A
more specific discussion of this statement will be had in class.

Valentina Caballero
Final Exam/ Ethics
Maria Pacillo

WAR

I will argue that war/(deontology), is ethical impermissible and permissible

because the reasons behind the actions that has been made since war history
until today, is either a defense method or obsession to be powerful. Torture(?)
impermissible and permissible

https://web.stanford.edu/group/fearon-research/cgi-bin/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2013/10/The-Offense-Defense-Balance-and-War-Since-1648.pdf