Thursday, June 13, 2013

DAY 89 Performance Task

You will have today and tomorrow to complete the Performance Task.  Here it is - enjoy!

Performance Task for Online Philosophy, HZT4UO
Outline your personal philosophy regarding the issue(s) raised in one of the news articles listed below.  Also choose two philosophers and outline how and why they would agree OR disagree with your personal philosophy.  You can choose one philosopher who agrees and one who disagrees with your personal philosophy if you like.

Your answer must include the following:
·        Paragraph 1: your personal philosophy regarding the news article (it's a good idea to start with a brief discussion of the issue raised in the article and which part of philosophy (Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics) it falls under).
·        Paragraph 2: an outline of a philosopher and his/her theory that would either agree OR disagree with your personal philosophy, including at least one direct quote from the philosopher.
·        Paragraph 3: an outline of a second philosopher and his/her theory that would either agree OR disagree with your personal philosophy, including at least one direct quote from the philosopher.

This is meant to be a relatively small assignment so please limit your writing to two pages (500 words) excluding any direct quotes or paraphrases that you use.

Please upload your work to the Performance Task Dropbox when you’re done.

Evaluation:  This response will be worth 10% of your final mark.  The Exam is 20%.

KNOWLEDGE                        /10
You summarize THEORIES correctly and fully and use appropriate UNIT VOCABULARY.  

THINKING                              /10
You outline your PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY regarding the news article and explain how it links to one of the studied units.

COMMUNICATION              /10
You COMMUNICATE IDEAS with clarity using appropriate language and vocabulary from the course/unit, with purpose and audience in mind and without errors in grammar, spelling or syntax.

APPLICATION                       /10
You identify and evaluate conclusions, implications, and consequences while making connections between your PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY and the THEORIES you use.  You OUTLINE HOW AND WHY your chosen philosophers would agree/disagree with you and use direct quotes to help in this process.

 List of articles from which to choose – please do this assignment for only one of these articles  J   

If you would like to search further on any of these topics to help your thinking please do so.

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