Term Paper 2: Mill's On Liberty

Here's a link to your term paper on J.S. Mill's On Liberty. Term Paper here.

The paper is due on Tuesday, May 10 in class.

You won't be able to complete the assignment yet, as we haven't finished going over Mill's arguments, but you'll be able to read through the paper and think about it as we cover the arguments in class.

Let me know if you have any questions while you're working on it.

Term Paper 1: Aristotle

Here's the link to your Aristotle paper. Some of the questions may not make sense until we're finished discussion on Thursday, but if you want to get started on the earlier questions, go ahead!

Term Paper 1: Aristotle

Term Paper 2: Utilitarianism

Here's a link to the second term paper assignment. You won't be able to complete the paper until we've covered On Liberty in class - I'm just posting this early in case it will help you to have the paper in mind while we go over the material.

The term paper is due November 30.

Term Paper 2: Utilitarianism.

The Texas statute is Texas False Disparagement of Perishable Food Products Act, Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. §§ 96.001-.004

First Term Paper

Here's a link to your first term paper assignment: Nicomachean Ethics

The paper is due Tuesday October 12.

Get started right away so that I can help you if you have any questions. Contact me if you're having any problems at all on the paper - if you need help organizing your thoughts, understanding part of the question, or determining whether you're missing something important.

You're welcome to watch the movie again online if you want to review. Here it is on YouTube; streaming on Netflix; streaming on Amazon.

Good luck, have fun!

Some extra information regarding the paper

This might possibly be relevant to your consideration of the new law in AZ, particularly in terms of Rawls' first principle of justice and Mill's (that's possessive, not plural!) concerns about liberty.

Final Term Paper

Here's a link to the assignment for your final term paper. Let me know if you have any questions while you're working on it.

You can get started on #s 1 and 2 now.

The transition to Google docs format didn't quite deal with the footnotes, so you'll see a bit of weird formatting. The tiny numbers 1 and 2 in question 1 are footnotes.

Here are some links to general information about and coverage of SB1070:

This is a Times story about the bill before it had been signed into law. Covers some of the general provisions and some of the controversy over the bill.

This is a synopsis of the bill with basic legislative information about it.

Term Paper 1: Aristotle

Here's the link for your first term paper on the Nicomachean Ethics.

You should write about all three of the bulleted points in the assignment.

Let me know if you have any questions! Get started early so that you can contact me in plenty of time if you need help, and don't hesitate to contact me for help if you're having trouble organizing your ideas or if you're running into other problems.

This is a reliable outside source if you'd like to consult further works: Aristotle and the Human Good

Be aware that it doesn't go into everything that we talked about, though.

Term Paper 2: Nicomachean Ethics

Here's the link to your second term paper assignment. Let me know if you have questions as you're working on it, and have fun! (I know, I know.)

Your paper is due on Thursday, October 29. I'll give you the take-home midterm that Thursday, as well.