How a conclusion is supported? This requires to you to use the readings, it is compulsory for you to use Moody-Adams “Affected Ignoranc
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Hello. You have to do a UK PHILOSOPHICAL CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL ESSAY. Read carefully the instructions, I will know if you don’t, and will ask you to do the essay again. Follow every step when planning and writing the essay. Before explaining the question of the essay itself, I’m going to explain how I want you to do the essay . The essay has to have SCHOLARSHIP, INDEPENDENCE, and ORGANISATION.
1- SCHOLARSHIP: demonstrate an understanding of the material. A grasp of different authors’ views; knowledge of a debate, especially the arguments involved. For EACH ARGUMENT YOU INVOLVED you have to explain: Why we should think this or that? What the main challenges for a view are? How a conclusion is supported? This requires to you to use the readings, it is compulsory for you to use Moody-Adams “Affected Ignorance” and Pleasant “Moral Argument is not enough”. Then you have to read at least 15 of any of the other readings. Obviously you can use them all. In total, you will have to use at least 17 readings.
2- INDEPENDENCE: you must develop a new example or thought-experiment. Therefore this means that you can use one or two examples of the ones I’ve seen in class (you will see it in my lecture notes I have also upload) but you have to think about many other examples THAT ARE NOT IN MY LECTURE NOTES, background by readings. You have to point out an interesting flaw in an argument, or an interesting implication of a view; take an idea from one author and applying it to another; draw an interesting connection; explain a difficult point in an especially clear or helpful way; unpack an overlooked detail and show its importance and have a focus that isn’t simply drawn from the lecture content.
3- ORGANISATION: have clear aims and a clear structure. You must include the structure you are going to follow in the introduction. It must be clear what the essay intends to do, and how the author intends to defend the particular point. You must give a clear answer to the title question. Encouraged to use things like –> “I will argue that such-and-such”; “In this section, I will explain why such-and-such”; “I have argued that such-and-such, and it follows that…”; “In my view, …” IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT each section of the essay must have a clear role in establishing your conclusion. DON’T JUMP BETWEEN TOPICS WITHOUT A CLEAR RATIONALE. Argue in a direct way, informed by background reading.
THINGS YOU MUST AVOID IN THE ESSAY: Defending a conclusion in ways that draw a bit too closely on what was said in the lecture notes. Showing grasp of only a rather limited amount of reading. Using only the examples found in the lectures. Having limited authorial voice of your own: just presenting a list of arguments / positions.
WITH THAT SAY YOU HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: What does Moody-Adams mean by the concept of affected ignorance? Assess its explanatory power and applicability.
Be critical, analytical, follow the scholarship, independence and organisation guidelines, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. For answering the philosophical question YOU MUST use the compulsory readings which are: 1-Moody-Adams “Affected Ignorance” and 2-Pleasant “Moral Argument is not enough”, and at least 15 of any of the other readings. Obviously, you can use all of the readings I have uploaded . In total, you will have to use at least 17 readings. I HAVE UPLOAD ALL THE READINGS YOU HAVE TO USE. Obviously, you can also use readings you found accurate BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE TO USE 17 READINGS OF THE ONES I UPLOADED. Besides, I have uploaded my lecture notes, you must read it. You will get a sense of the philosophical focus the teacher wants. For the part of the question “assesses its applicability” you can use the example for my lecture notes but you MUST use other examples of your own informed by background reading.
