Film Writing Assignment for Introduction to Ethics
You will have to write a 3-4 page paper about the film you saw in class, according to the following rules.
In this writing assignment, I assume you have the task of writing well down by now (due to your midterms), and I merely assume you will write with extreme quality on this assignment. For that reason, I am concerned with other issues on this assignment, in addition to excellent writing. What I want you to do is to think as deeply as possible about the philosophical topics from the semester in writing about the film. The more you contemplate the deep issues of the class for this writing assignment, the better you will do.
Here are some more specific instructions:
1. Paper writing rules:
 | Due: with the final exam during finals week |
| Must be 3-4 double-space pages, 12 pt. font. |
| Well written, perhaps in the same technique as I taught you for the tests for the midterm |
| Specifically, what you do is: find an issue or issues in the film that you think are interesting and are relevant to the class, and you are to expand on them by giving your position: specifically what is your issue you are pointing out, why you think they are important, what impact they have one people, what the ramifications are on your life, why is it an important issue in ethics, etc. |
2. For your paper assignment, keep the following in mind:
| The paper is due the Friday of finals week, at 9 am. | ||
| Make sure you are not plagiarizing, and all your ideas are really really just yours ONLY | ||
| In giving your position, make sure you don't write endlessly like this:
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| Instead, find your position, and really clarify it, and why you hold it on
the issue you've chosen, and write it in the way I showed you for your
midterms:
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