11 Class TUE OCT 11

11 Class TUE OCT 11

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LbBovWZytqf7KKHoa4FEr4-1024-80.jpg.webp

Definitional/Categorical Unit

  • Your Professor’s Model Definition Essay, “Political Paralysis”
  • Attempts to answer the question, “Does polio belong to the category of eradicable diseases?”
  • EXERCISE: If you haven’t left a comment on the “Political Paralysis” post, do so before class is over.
Polio

A Model Definition/Categorical Essay

A Protected Class that Deserves Heightened Scrutiny

The Premise: The class is “Presence Required,” but some students will be excused from having to attend in person.

  • List some types of students who will be automatically excused.
  • What characteristics do those students share?
  • Do the qualifying students belong to any particular category(ies)?
  • Analyze your results
    • What underlying values support your conclusions about who should and who should not be excused from class?
    • Notice that we have considered very specific cases, and evaluated them to find underlying similarities or categories.
    • Moving from the specific to the general, we find ourselves making moral or ethical claims about fairness that expose our basic social beliefs.
    • Can we find the solution that responds to our shared values?

The Professional Version

  • The “Protected Class” Model
    • The editors of the New York Times defines a crucial constitutional term: protected class that deserves heightened scrutiny.
    • Includes a brief Take-Home Exercise
      • In preparation for class on THU OCT 13, leave a comment on the Protected Class post by midnight WED OCT 12.
NYTDefEssay

69 Responses to 11 Class TUE OCT 11

← Older Comments
  1. spatel8267's avatar spatel8267 says:
    December 19, 2022 at 1:32 PM

    The concepts will be defined in our own way in the definitional argument. What is fair and unfair shall be established.
    This category unit’s goal is to reduce the argument to a manageable size and shape.
    –
    Include any facts that would help the reader understand the subject you are discussing in the defining argument.
    – Shorter paragraphs are preferable. Even one sentence can serve as a paragraph, particularly if it is the thesis statement.
    Explain the issue in writing. The issue with the solutions and its relevance to related circumstances.
    –
    Describe how your topic (red) differs from the subject (blue).
    –
    The Polio Model’s layout: information on polio Introduce a related category (smallpox), distinguish the two groups, examine the flaws in polio’s solution, discuss polio’s poor support, and then it repeats the process by talking about polio’s flaws, low support, and distinct nature from smallpox.
    –
    Don’t merely fix the things the lecturer pointed out when giving you comments. He uses the remark as both a remedy and an illustration.
    –
    We begin to set up norms and moral judgments when we begin to categorize things with greater specificity. We prefer our own version with common values.

    Reply
← Older Comments

Leave a comment