HUM101 Colorado State Guardian View on Abortion Essay
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Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission.
Option #1: Arguments and Meaning in Social Issues
Directions:
Using the concepts learned through the readings and lecture pages, select one social issue that particularly interests you. Now find a newspaper editorial on the subject and construct an outline of an argument made on the subject. Be sure to distinguish between an argument and an explanation. For a good example of how you might approach this, see page 46ff of van Cleave (2016).
What are the main conclusions? Premises? What premises are missing? What is their conclusion? Using external scholarly sources, can you determine if the argument is sound? (Refer to Van Cleave, 2016, Chapter 1.) Is the argument inductive, deductive, or a mixture of both? You should employ the principle of charity to understand the argument at hand.
Requirements:
- Cite all claims and ideas using scholarly sources. While it is acceptable to write in the first person, be sure to cite your sources to support your inferences.
- Include at least one or two scholarly sources that are not part of the required or recommended reading for this course. The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these sources.
- Your paper should be four to five pages in length and formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).
- Papers should be double-spaced, 12-point font Times New Roman.
- Include the following in your essay: a brief introduction (Links to an external site.), a conclusion (Links to an external site.), and a separate reference page formatted according to CSU-Global APA requirements.
- You may wish to review the template paper for assistance as you create your essay.
Option #2: Engaging Conversational Arguments
Directions:
Using the concepts learned through the readings and lecture pages, select one social issue that particularly interests a close friend or relative. Interview this person about the subject and ask them about an argument they would make about the topic. Be sure to distinguish between an argument and an explanation. Now, reconstruct their argument using the standard argument form. For a good example of how you might approach this, see page 46ff of van Cleave (2016).
What are their main conclusions? Premises? What premises are missing? What is their conclusion? Using external scholarly sources, can you determine if the argument is sound? Is the argument inductive, deductive, or a mixture of both? You should employ the principle of charity to understand the argument at hand.
Requirements:
- Cite all claims and ideas using scholarly sources. While it is acceptable to write in the first person, be sure to cite your sources to support your inferences.
- Include at least one or two scholarly sources that are not part of the required or recommended reading for this course. The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these sources.
- Your paper should be four to five pages in length and formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).
- Papers should be double-spaced, 12-point font Times New Roman.
- Include the following in your essay: a brief introduction (Links to an external site.), a conclusion (Links to an external site.), and a separate reference page formatted according to CSU-Global APA requirements.
- You may wish to review the template paper for assistance as you create your essay.
Required
- Chapter 6 in Critical thinking: Tools for taking charge of your learning and your life.
- Lau, J., & Chan, J. (2017). Meaning analysis: Tutorials 1-10. Retrieved from http://philosophy.hku.hk/think/meaning/
- Chapter 1. Van Cleave, M. (2016). Introduction to logic and critical thinking. Retrieved from https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=457
Recommended
- Davies, M. (2011). Concept mapping, mind mapping and argument mapping: what are the differences and do they matter? Higher Education (00181560), 62(3), 279-301. doi:10.1007/s10734-010-9387-6.
- Shermer, M. (2017). When facts backfire. Scientific American, 316(1), 69.
Rubric
HUM101 Mod 3 CT
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Requirements |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Content |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Critical Thinking |
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25.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Critical Analysis |
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25.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Sources / Examples |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Demonstrates college-level proficiency in organization, grammar and style. |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Demonstrates proper use of APA style |
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10.0 pts |
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Total Points: 100.0 |
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