Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book Two (pp. 23-37,about Aristotle’s account of virtue) and selections from Book Ten (192-198, about Aristotle’s thoughts on the contemplative life).

Reflective Blog Post Guide/Rubric Assignment Description: The reflective blog post assignment is designed to give you a chance to work on your writing skills in philosophy while using a form of writing that (1) you’re hopefully relatively familiar with already, and (2) fits naturally into an online course, since this is the kind of writing normally done online anyway. The idea of the assignment is to imagine that, during this course, you are running a blog describing to your readers the things you are learning this semester about ethics, and your thoughts about them. The aim of a good blog post, at least if it is about philosophy, is to be thoughtprovoking for its readers. You want to make sure the blog post connects to the things we’ve been talking about in class, but in a way that highlights your own interest in it and hopefully sparks interest in readers, too. Because of this, you won’t want to exert a lot of effort summarizing the readings or lectures, or going into small details. Feel free to pick out whatever interests you, and focus on that. And so, the tone of these will be different from the typical paper. You should feel free to use first person pronouns (I, me). You can be relatively informal, and don’t need to cite your sources. You should also feel free to include images, or links to other relevant material, if you think it will help inspire the reader’s interest. The challenge is not to present research carefully, but to convey effectively to a reader what is interesting to you about what you’re talking about. Requirements: Each post must be between 450-550 words. They can be written simply in your word processing program (Microsoft Word or whatever), but if you are more tech savvy, and wish to put that to use, feel free. It is easy enough to start an actual blog online if you’d prefer. Or, alternatively, you could record a “vlog,” i.e., a video blog post. If you want to do something outside of a simple document, let me know what you’re planning. You will write five (5) of these entries during the course of the semester. One is due every two weeks, and should be emailed to me at jordanrodgers AT kings DOT edu. The due dates are as follows (all Sundays, before midnight): September 13 (write about either Unit 1 or 2 or 3) September 27 (either Unit 4 or 5) October 11 (either Unit 6 or 7) October 25 (either Unit 8 or 9) November 8 (either Unit 10 or 11) Rubric for Grading: There are 5 possible grades for the blog posts. Please see below for a rough description of how I will be evaluating them. The most basic advice to follow is to make sure what you write is connected in a substantive way to our class material, and that it conveys your own interest in it somehow. Late papers will be accepted, but at a penalty. If they are turned in up to 3 days late, I will take off 5 points; if they are turned in up to a week late, I will take off 10 points. Blog posts will not be accepted any more than a week late. So, for example, a great blog post that would have received a 100 would receive a 95 if it was 2 days late, a 90 if it was 4 days late, and a 0 if it was 8 days late. GRADE CONNECTION TO COURSE MATERIAL PERSONAL INTEREST WRITING QUALITY 100 Post shows very strong command of the material of the relevant Unit. The post doesn’t summarize all of the material or go into small details. But it is clearly inspired by the issues of the relevant Unit, and avoids any significant errors when talking about the material. Post is written clearly and (mostly) grammatically. It stays within the length requirements, and is turned in on time. 90 Post shows mostly strong command of the material of the relevant Unit. It may summarize a bit too much, or spend too much time on irrelevant details, or may not be closely connected enough to the topics of the Unit. If it includes errors relating to the material, they are fairly small. Post shows clearly why the writer is interested in the topic, and goes out of its way to interest the reader too. Post may include relevant personal stories, or descriptions of the train of thought that certain issues inspired in the writer, or links to other material the writer thinks is related to the philosophical issue at hand. The post really reads like a blog post, and not like a small academic paper. Post shows why the writer is interested in the topic, though may be a bit less successful in conveying that interest to its reader. It may read too much like a traditional academic paper. Post is overall clear, though there may be patches of unclear writing or grammatical problems. It doesn’t stray far from the length requirement, and is turned in on time. 80 Post shows relatively weak command of the material. It gives in to summarizing, or focuses on irrelevant details. It may include errors that are more significant, in that they display that the writer doesn’t really understand the topic at hand. Post is more severely lacking in personal interest. It doesn’t really strive for any difference in tone from a traditional academic paper. Post has many problems with clarity of writing and grammar problems. It may have strayed far from the length requirement, or may have been turned in late. 70 Post shows very weak command of the material. It makes serious errors about the material, or perhaps is not even much related to it at all. Post is very lacking in personal interest. It reads like a paper, and a boring one. Post has numerous grammatical errors and is overall difficult to follow. It may be far too short, and have been turned in quite late. 0 Post is either not submitted or in some obvious way does not meet the requirements of the assignment. N/A N/A …

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