FOLLOW THESE 10 POINTS BEFORE YOU SUMBIT YOUR FINAL DRAFTS TO ME

take a moment to look at your draft and see if you are missing any of these points. if so, FIX IT ASAP!

1. look at the first two thesis and counter paragraphs. make sure you have at least four sentences. two declarative sentences for point 1 and point 2 and two explanatory sentences following each point. if you don't have that FIX IT. make sure the explanatory sentences are not begging the question on the first sentences.

2. check that thesis paragraphs 3rd and 5th open up with the exactly what you're saying in points 1 and 2, VERBATIM! the same goes for the counter 4th  and 6th paragraphs.

3. check that the ratio of argument/quote is 70%/30%. I fail a paragraph that has more quote than argument. PARAPHRASE THE QUOTE IN YOUR WORDS!   

4. go over the draft, if you find ANY FACTOID in your draft NOT SOURCED with an in-text citation, FIX IT. all factoids must be properly outsourced!

5. make sure you have a dedicated bibliography with at least four different sources. if internet source, please provide last day of revision in parenthesis.

6.  CHECK PARAGRAPH 7. DID IT WIN THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THE COUNTER'S LAST POINT ON PARAGRAPH 6? THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT SINCE IT WINS THE PAPER FOR THE THESIS.

7. observe all the proper formal requirements. STAPLED DRAFTS, I take points if you don't. New Roman p. 12, name, class up, left hand side. title bold.

8. look at the counter paragraphs, are they thinner than your thesis paragraphs. GO FIX IT! ADD MORE MEANINGFUL MATERIAL SO BOTH THESIS AND COUNTER PARAGRAPHS ARE COMPARABLE. 

9. COLLOQUIALISMS, SLANG, FLORID SENTENCES, ARE ALL SIGNS OF POOR RESEARCH! BE CLEAR! 

9. CHECK FOR GRAMMAR AND SPELLING BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR DRAFT TO ME.

10. read the draft OUTLOUD TO YOUR FRIENDS! 

 GOOD LUCK!

topics for the final exam (regular phi2010 classes)

click here for the anthropological/evolutionary argument for religion,
click here for my notes on mysticism,
click here for shamanism and religion,
click here for faith vs. reason,
click here for proofs for the existence of God,
click here for my lecture on theodicies (good and evil),

facts and america

click here for more information,

for the disaffected, exasperated and dissapointed

here is a good piece of advice from a radical anarchist,

political philosophy

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kant's second formulation

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my notes to kantian ethics

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FINAL EXAMS SCHEDULE

MWF 10 am class: DEC 19
MWF 11 am class: DEC 21
TR 9:50am class:  DEC 18
TR 11:15am class: DEC 20
T 5:40pm class:     DEC 18

act and rule utilitarianism

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ethical egoism (pros and cons)

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SECOND DRAFT IN CLASS PEER REVIEW

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