ARTICLE IS “FAMILY COERCION AND VALID CONSENT” by Stephen D. Mallary, Bernard Gert, and Charles M. Culver
Paper topics: Any paper you write for this course will have two primary goals: to explain and critique a particular argument for a particular conclusion.
So any paper topic you choose for this course should have the following form:
“Explain and critique [name of philosopher]’s argument in defense of [the philosopher’s substantive conclusion]”
For example:
Explain and critique Marquis’s argument in defense of the claim that abortion is seriously immoral.
Explain and critique Thomson’s argument in defense of the claim that abortion is morally permissible.
