Writing Assignment #1 In completing this assignment, you are allowed to use your course notes as well as your course readings. No other sources should be incorporated into this assignment; the incorporation of any uncited sources will be considered plagiarism. Citations should be made to course readings as appropriate, with citations given to the author and original page of publication. (I.e., citations should not be given to the page number of the reader.) The approximate length for this assignment is 2000 words. Prompt Explain Thomson’s defense of abortion, paying particular—though not exclusive—attention to the violinist thought experiment. (I.e., show how she uses this experiment, as well as what it is supposed to show.) Explain why Don Marquis thinks that abortion is morally impermissible, incorporating discussion of his more general account of the morality of killing. (For this latter task, you might include discussion of why he thinks his account is a good one, or else why he thinks that it is superior to some of its rivals.) Total length should be approximately 1500 words, roughly equally allocated between Thomson and Marquis. Once you have laid out these positions, take approximately 500 words to discuss whose account you think is stronger and why. This should not be your own view about the general morality of abortion, but rather your philosophical assessment of whether Thomson or Marquis offers stronger argumentation. Guidelines Do not write introductions or conclusions to these essays; they are too short to warrant such treatments and you need your full word allocations for substantive philosophical discussion. The word suggestions above are approximate and you should not feel too constrained by them. More important than the exact division of words between Thomson and Marquis is that you give appropriate discussion of the ideas and positions about which you are being asked. That said, 1500 words, roughly divided between the two, should be a useful guideline, followed by about 500 words of your own assessment. Assignments of longer than 2500 words will not be accepted. Assignments should be submitted in Calibri 11, double spaced, and with 1” and justified margins. Submit a word count with your assignment.
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