philosophy of love and sex

  Paper details: 1- While you are expected to do some research, the focus of the paper is not on reportin" rel="nofollow">ing the views of other people or the history of ideas- Rather, you are considerin" rel="nofollow">ing what others have said in" rel="nofollow">in order to better frame and justify your own opin" rel="nofollow">inion on the topic- Also, you are _not_ expected to do a large survey of the literature- If you end up usin" rel="nofollow">ing just two or three sources in" rel="nofollow">in your paper, that's fin" rel="nofollow">ine- 2- The use of sources is _not_ to justify your opin" rel="nofollow">inion- If you have a reasonable opin" rel="nofollow">inion, you need to tell me your reasons- It's not acceptable to just claim X and then cite as 'evidence' for X the fact that a famous philosopher said X- Philosophers disagree- Often they're wrong- So if you agree with a philosopher who made some claim, that's fin" rel="nofollow">ine, but you need to explain" rel="nofollow">in why you thin" rel="nofollow">ink he's right, why you fin" rel="nofollow">ind his argument convin" rel="nofollow">incin" rel="nofollow">ing, or how you'd defend his opin" rel="nofollow">inion again" rel="nofollow">inst some obvious objections, etc- The use of sources is just to give you some ideas to consider, argue for or again" rel="nofollow">inst, etc- 3- The style of the essay does not have to be 'formal'- You can write in" rel="nofollow">in the first person- You do not need to have a formal in" rel="nofollow">introduction or conclusion- Just try to be clear and readable- 4- You must use citations (references) whenever makin" rel="nofollow">ing use of the ideas or arguments of other people- Any commonly used style is fin" rel="nofollow">ine-APA, MLA, in" rel="nofollow">in-text citations or footnotes-so long as it is used consistently and enables the reader to fin" rel="nofollow">ind the relevant passages in" rel="nofollow">in the text you're citin" rel="nofollow">ing- (Normally you should note the page numbers, for example-) 5- The essay should be approximately 8-12 pages double-spaced, 11 or 12 poin" rel="nofollow">int mm. This is not a strict requirement- If you write an excellent paper but it's a bit shorter or longer, it's still an excellent paper and you don't lose (or gain" rel="nofollow">in) marks for length alone- 6- If you're not sure what to write about, just go over the course readin" rel="nofollow">ing that you discussed in" rel="nofollow">in the previous assignment; fin" rel="nofollow">ind an in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing or controversial claim that the author makes, and consider whether you agree- You could easily write a good paper of this length by simply examin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing an argument for one claim from the course readin" rel="nofollow">ing: how does the author support that claim (if he does support it)? what objections could be raised again" rel="nofollow">inst the claim, and could the author‘s position be defended again" rel="nofollow">inst those objections? And so on-