Ashford 2: – Week 1 – Assignment

Thesis Construction

Please read these assignment instructions before writing your paper, and re-read them often during and after the writing process to make sure that you are fulfilling all of the instructions.
 

Overview
The following assignment is an exercise designed to help you write your Final Paper. In this exercise, you will do the following: Identify a topic of interest from the list, and narrow it down to a      particular, concrete ethical problem or question. Provide an introduction in which you briefly explain      the topic and the particular question on which you will focus your paper. Explain three ethically significant issues pertaining      to this question that would need to be considered when addressing it. Use the Thesis Generator      in the Ashford Writing Center to construct a thesis statement that      articulates your position on the topic as you have defined it.      (https://awc.ashford.edu/writing-tools-thesis-generator.html)

 Instructions
The exercise must be at least 400 words in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Be sure to including a title page and reference page as necessary. Your exercise must be organized to address each of the five parts below. Number each part accordingly. Part One: Thesis Statement
     Use the Thesis Generator      in the Ashford Writing Center to construct a thesis statement that      articulates your position on the question as you have defined it. This      will likely be the last thing you do in this exercise, but your thesis      should be placed at the top of the first page after the title page.

     Your thesis should clearly state your position and provide a concise statement      of the primary reason(s) drawn from the three issues you raise in Part      Two. For example, having identified three important issues that need to be      considered, you may find that two of them support your view, and while one      may present a challenge to it, that challenge can be overcome.
  Part Two: Provide a Brief      Introduction to the Topic
     Your introduction must make clear to the reader exactly what ethical issue      or question you are addressing within this topic, and what you consider to      be the boundaries of the question.

     For example, a paper on criminal punishment might consider whether capital      punishment should be used as punishment for certain types of crime, or it      might consider the broader question of whether the criminal justice system      should favor retribution over rehabilitation. If you were writing on this      topic, you would need to specify which of these (or some other) specific      question you intend to discuss. (Note: You may not write on criminal      punishment, this is just an example.) You should aim to focus your      question as narrowly as possible.

     The final sentence of this paragraph should provide a brief summary of the      three ethically significant issues pertaining to this question that you      intend to address.
  Parts Three, Four, and Five: Explain      Three Ethically Significant Issues Pertaining to This Question
     An “ethically significant issue” is a feature of the topic and      circumstances that must be taken into account when reasoning about the      question. For example, if you were writing on criminal punishment and      focusing on the question of whether drug users should be imprisoned,      ethically significant issues might include the monetary costs, the social      costs, the impact on the person, the effect on the drug trade, and so on.      And each of these, in turn, would have sub-issues, negative and positive      sides, etc. Your task is to be as specific as you can in explaining the      ethically significant issue.

     The first sentence of each paragraph must be a topic sentence that clearly      states what issue you will be considering. The remainder of the paragraph      should address the relevance and import of the ethically significant      feature of the situation. Each paragraph should be focused on a distinct      issue.

 The Ashford Writing Center (AWC)  has two kinds of tutoring available to you. Live Chat – If you have writing-related questions about a topic      before you draft a discussion post or submit a written assignment, you      will now be able to chat live with a tutor for a short (up to 20 minute)      conversation. Live Chat will be available Monday through Friday from      10:00-11:00 am and 4:00-5:00 pm (PST). AWC Live Chat  Email Paper Review – If you have a draft, partial draft, or even if      you’re having trouble getting started, you can complete a submission form      and email your paper to the AWC for review.  Writing Tutors will do their best to return your paper       with their comments within 48 hours, not including Saturdays and Sundays.       Please plan accordingly if you would like to receive feedback before an       assignment due date. AWC Email Paper Review

 Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
 

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