ATTACHED IS MY TWO PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL CIATIONS ARE REAL AND ACCURATE CAPSTONE ETHICAL ISSUE RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW This assignment is a scholarly pa

ATTACHED IS MY TWO PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL CIATIONS ARE REAL AND ACCURATE

CAPSTONE ETHICAL ISSUE RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

This assignment is a scholarly paper that builds upon the knowledge and skills developed in the

first 7 weeks of the course. Each student will write a 2100–2400-word essay (word count does

not include the title page, table of contents, and bibliography, but does include the footnotes) that

applies your chosen ethical system used in your first research paper to one specific ethical issue

presented in the assigned reading. You will argue your position against a competing ethical

system. One of the systems must be Christian ethics and the paper must cover a different specific

ethical issue than was covered in the Ethical System Position on Sexual or Gender Ethics

Issue Research Paper Assignment. Only issues covered in Modules 4-8 may be chosen. The

paper must include at least two academic references in addition to referencing the two course

textbooks and the Bible. The key is to be specific! No papers on generic and broad assessments.

Format should be 12pt, Times New Roman font and use full Turabian format.

INSTRUCTIONS

Begin your paper with a brief introductory paragraph that clearly states your goals, thesis, and

method. This introduction should state

1. What metaethical theory you are using;

2. The ethical theory you are contrasting it against;

3. The specific ethical issue you are addressing; and

4. A very brief conclusion on that issue that you want to defend.

Either your chosen ethical system or your contrasting ethical system must be Magnuson’s

Christian ethical system, in order to show that you have at least understood the curriculum from

a Christian perspective.

Next, provide a lengthy and detailed comparative analysis of the two metaethical theories—

Christian ethics and another theory. This analysis should explain both theories in detail,

discussing their strengths, and if they have weaknesses, presenting those as well. This discussion

should reveal why and how one of the theories is preferable to the other, and a statement of

which one is strongest and why should be included in your analysis. This will likely reflect what

you argued for in your Discussion: Choosing an Ethical System and the feedback that you

received from the professor and/or classmates who responded to your thread. Here you can go

into much more detail than you could in the Discussion Thread.

Next, proceed to the specific applied ethics issue. Here you should greatly expand upon your

argument. Add detail, nuance, and argumentation, providing a fairly complete and

comprehensive argument for how Christian ethics (if you chose it for the Discussion) would

approach this issue. It may be helpful to use Rae’s 7-Step Moral Decision Making Process from

Chap. 2 of Magnuson, but it is not required. Or, if you defended a non-Christian ethical system

in Discussion: Choosing an Ethical System, formulate an application based on that theory

using a decision making system consistent with your chosen ethical system. You may illustrate

the issue with minimal real-life examples, but please do not fill your paper with anecdotes from

your life or others. You should anticipate possible objections to your approach to the issue and

respond to them in an objective and informed manner. For ideas on how others might object to

your approach, a good place to begin would be your classmate’s replies to your Discussion

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threads. You are encouraged to use quotes from sources as a way to support your arguments, but

quotes should not make up more than 300 words from your wordcount.

Your final paragraph should reflect what you have argued in your thesis. It should recap what

you have accomplished and how you have accomplished it.

Research

The paper must include at least one citation from both of the two course textbooks in addition to

at least one citation from the Bible. Other acceptable sources include peer-reviewed journal

articles and scholarly books from the JF Library. If you’re unsure, then ask. All resources used

must be listed in your paper’s bibliography page and any resources quoted, paraphrased, or

alluded to must be documented via footnotes formatted according to Turabian. Please understand

that it is not enough to simply cite word for word material with a footnote, you must put word for

word text from a source in quotation marks or it is considered plagiarism.

Format

Your paper must begin with a title page that includes a paper title, your name, the date, and the

course name and number. The second page of your paper must be a table of contents. The last

page of your paper must be devoted to your bibliography. The paper must utilize 12 point Times

New Roman font, double-spaced, with one inch margins. It must be double-spaced rather than

triple-spaced between paragraphs and there should be only one space after the end of each

sentence.

Any documentation in the body of your paper must be done via footnotes formatted according to

Turabian, unless you are citing or quoting the Bible. If you are not familiar with how to do this,

simply look it up on Liberty’s Turabian resource page. Footnotes should be single-spaced 12

point and in Times New Roman font.

Your paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. If you submit it as a .pdf or

anything other than a Microsoft Word document it will not be graded. Please use the paper

template supplied in this Module: Week if you need help.

Format Example

Title Page

Table of Contents

Body of Paper:

- Introduction

- Ethical Systems Presentation and Argumentation

- Application of Ethical Systems on Ethical Issue

- Conclusion

- Bibliography

Miscellany

Proofread your work before handing it in! Errors of spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation

will affect your grade. This is a university-level writing assignment. Please write accordingly.

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By completing this assignment, you affirm that all work submitted in this document is your own

work and therefore adheres to the Liberty Way standards for academic integrity. Your work does

not contain answers generated by AI, provided to you by someone else, or is in any way in

violation of the Liberty Way. You recognize that failure to abide by these academic standards

may result in a reduced grade, failing grade, and/or further disciplinary action by the university

in accordance with university policy.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool