Final paper

• Provide an introduction in which you briefly explain the topic and the particular question on which you will focus your paper.

• State your position on the question at issue.

• Identify one consideration that would support your position and one consideration that would challenge it.

 Formulate a specific, concrete, ethical question pertaining to that topic.

The question should be specific enough to discuss in six to eight pages (which is the length of the Final Paper assignment). For example, if you were interested in discussing the topic of capital punishment, a question like “Is capital punishment wrong?” would be too vague, and would need to be reformulated as a more specific question, such as “Should we execute people convicted of first degree murder?” or “Is it just to use capital punishment when there is the possibility of executing innocent persons?” or “Is the capital punishment system racist?”