The last week of our class is mostly concerned with the vlogs of Mark Carrikar and the dying process. In these videos, we get an intimate look into the dying process from the perspective of a dying man. Our final paper will be mostly concerned with these vlogs as well. Pick a conclusion of you choosing concerning the topic Mark Carrikar and his journey as a dying man, then write a 3 – 4 1/2 page paper arguing for this conclusion. You paper should be size 12 font, double spaced.
Also, you will need to have a Formal Analysis of your argument attached to your paper upon submission. You can type them both in the document, just keep in mind that the FA does not count towards your total page count. Papers are due before Midnight on Saturday 7/25/2020. This paper will be formatted in the same way as our previous two paper: It will begin with an intro paragraph containing, “In the paper, I will argue…” followed by one sentence explanations of each premise, “To do this, I will first argue…etc.”.
The following sections of the paper will be exactly as your intro says they will be and you will finish with a conclusion that says exactly what the intro did, but in the past tense. Refer back to the directions for the first two paper for a full reminder of how to structure papers in this class. There will be a severe grade reduction for not meeting page requirements. I, again, reserve the right to fail any paper that has more than 2 grammatical errors on a single page (edit carefully).
More on Topics: When picking a topic, please feel free to use other material from our class in conjunction with the Youtube playlist. There are so many parallels and counter arguments to be made between Mark’s video and Socrates, Tolstoy, Epicurus, and Kubler-Ross. There are numerous ethical issues captured by Mark’s situation, such as “how should I feel towards death”, “is it ever okay to ‘stop treatment'”, “Does God really make the suffer of his people meaningful”, “is there meaning in suffering at all”, and so on.
There are countless was to challenge yourself and put to use all the big ideas talked about in our class. Whatever you decide argue, make sure its something you consider genuinely worth your time to consider and think about (also, it needs to be a challenging as you can make it, i.e. ARGUE HARD). Good luck and try to enjoy yourself. Reminder, your Formal Analysis should be structured as follows and completed before you attempt your paper:
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