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First: develop, analyze, and evaluate two or three required course readings we have covered in class so far. By this, I mean you should pretend that I do not know anything about the readings. Explain the content of these readings in a way that is both thorough and concise. You should not only give occasional quotes here and there to support miscellaneous points, but should provide an account for the whole reading in a way that considers the full context of the reading. You should also connect the readings together, so that we can see how the material in one reading might engage with the other reading. In this way, your examination of the course material should integrate all of the content together into one thematic whole.
· Peter Singer, “Moral Mammals” (atheist position)
· John Hare, “Moral Mammals” (theist position) (read only p. 169-188 from the attached PDF file)
· Marilyn McCord Adams, “Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God”
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Second: using these readings as your foundation, consider how you would respond to this case studies below. 1. Your friend has just been released from prison, where she had been serving time for a crime she had been caught committing. When she comes out, she tells you that she had “experienced God,” and was committed to living “a moral life.” You question your friend further on the meaning and motivation behind her apparent change, and she tells you that her prison experience led her to believe that “needed God” to help guide and motivate her towards a life of flourishing. She strongly believed that, without God, she could not live a fully moral life and be truly happy. Based upon what you have read on God, knowledge, and morality, how you would respond? When you examine the case study, be sure to make explicit connections back to the reading content.
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In other words, show how the various arguments and concepts discussed within the reading content might relate with the way you might respond to the case study. However, note that the case study content should not take up the majority of your essay, but should still be closely integrated in a way that supports your discussion of the course content. In other words, you should only use this case study as an ongoing illustration or example for your discussion of the course content. Please keep in mind that I am not looking for two or three separate essays, but one complete essay that integrates all aspects (all readings and the case study) together as a thematic whole. In other words, everything you write must be clearly centered around your thesis.
Third: Do provide me with a conclusion, which helps to bring closure to your discussion. In connection with what is stated above, this discussion should explain how all the various parts of your paper come together in a way that helps to support your thesis, or the conclusion of your argument. Once again, remember that the course content should always be primary, and should be covered in a way that demonstrates an understanding of the whole reading and not just the first few pages of the reading. Use APA referencing style.
