Virtue Ethics Paper

Central Claim

This is the position your paper takes, which your paper’s job it is to demonstrate the truth of. Examples include: The mind/soul and brain are identical. The mind/soul is more than the brain. Our choices are free, made ultimately by us alone. Our choices are not free, but determined by the material nature of the universe. …

15.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Argument

This is the logical structure of the inferences you make that lead ultimately to the conclusion in your central claim. This may take the form of a deductive argument or of a larger, Socratic-style dialectic.

25.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Support and Philosophical Consequences

You have two goals here. The first is to lend support to the premises or stages of your argument by clarifying terms, offering examples, and otherwise giving justification to the pieces of your argument that will ultimately lead to your conclusion. Your second goal is to spell out some of what follows if your conclusion is true. This is the “so-what” of your argument. For example, if the mind just is the brain, what does this say about the nature of the person or of free will? If we don’t have free will, what might this say about the nature of morality? et al.

50.0 pts