How to write your paper
1)Questions provided are “theses” that must be proven, disproven or discussed.
2)It is this process of proving, disproving or discussing one thesis that constitutes the paper. Therefore, one must show that one understands what the object of the given thesis that must be proven, disproven or discussed is.
3)You are asked to build a coherent argument, clearly thought, in order to prove your point.
4)Write effective sentences, that is, sentences in which subject and verb agree in number and person, complete sentences, consistent in tense, voice, number and person.
5)Choose the right words, prefer the active voice, avoid redundancy, spell correctly, and avoid fallacious reasoning.
6)You have to CHOOSE ONLY ONE thesis for your paper.
7)Good scholarly research is encouraged and required. By research I mean the use of scholarly publication, not the use of websites the content of which is dubious and of which the credentials of the authors are not known.
8)The content of your paper will count for 70% and the form (that is correct spelling, grammar, syntax, etc.) for 30%
Themes:
Addressing the reality of racism and its theoretical justification, Kwame Anthony Appiah characterizes racist dispositions as cases of cognitive incapacity and ideological beliefs that lead to partiality when “our interests” are at stake. “It is a plain fact, to which theories of ideology must address themselves, that our species is prone both morally and intellectually to such distortions of judgment, in particular to distortions of judgment that reflect partiality. An inability to change your mind in the face of appropriate evidence is cognitive incapacity; but it is one that all of us surely suffer from in some areas of beliefs; especially in areas where our own interests or self-images are (or seem to be) at stake.” (p. 732)
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