{"id":1094,"date":"2022-04-07T21:20:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T21:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2022-04-07T21:20:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T21:20:31","slug":"philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"philosophy (proposal of final paper)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your final assignment in this class will be a term paper, in which you give a philosophical analysis based on a movie, tv show, or book. The paper can involve a (broadly speaking) moral or political philosophical analysis or a (broadly speaking) epistemological or metaphysical analysis.&nbsp;<strong>[Note: moral and political philosophy tend to be easier topics to write papers on.]<\/strong>&nbsp;Potential movies to use for papers on moral or political philosophy include:&nbsp;<em>Fight Club<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Fruitvale Station<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>A Clockwork Orange<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Rope<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>American History X<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Hannah Arendt<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Hunt (2013)<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>V for Vendetta<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>12 Years a Slave<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Truman Show<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Rashomon, Watchmen, Serpico<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Thank You for Smoking<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Saving Private Ryan, Elysium,&nbsp;<\/em><em>Selma<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>. Potential movies for papers on epistemology or metaphysics include:&nbsp;<em>Blade Runner<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Being John Malkovich<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>12 Angry Men<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Memento<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Rashomon,&nbsp;<\/em><em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ex Machina, M<\/em><em>inority Report<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Inception<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Truman Show,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Stranger than Fiction<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many more potential movies, in addition to television series and books. However, please do not choose a documentary film or series. Also, you cannot use&nbsp;<em>The Matrix<\/em>. If you have any questions about a movie, television show, and\/or topic you are considering, email me a short description of why you think the movie\/show\/topic works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your assignment due this week will be to propose a paper topic and so will involve your choice of movie\/tv show\/book and a proposal for the philosophical issue you see in the movie and how you intend to address it in your paper (ideally linking the issue to something we&#8217;ve discussed or will discuss in class at some point in the semester).&nbsp;<strong>Your proposal must be at least 1\/2 page (150 words).<\/strong>&nbsp;Here are a few examples too silly to use but which might help prompt your thoughts. (Note: do not use these examples; your proposals must go into more depth than these suggestions and should include your initial thoughts on the reasoning you intend to develop in your final paper. I recommend you try to get closer to a page in length (300 words), though the official minimum word count is 150.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) argue that the way the Decepticons treat the Autobots in&nbsp;<em>Transformers<\/em>&nbsp;would count as exploitation according to Iris Marion Young&#8217;s approach to oppression; 2) imagine the character Borat on trial for corrupting the youth based on his actions in his (first) movie, and have him defend himself in a Socratic way; 3) use different ethical points of view (for example, utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue theory) to consider Willy Wonka&#8217;s treatment of the various winners of Golden Tickets in&nbsp;<em>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em>&nbsp;(book or movie).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind that&nbsp;<strong>the analysis in the final paper will have to amount to an&nbsp;<em>argument<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>(e.g., that a certain character acted wrongly in doing a certain action), so you should make clear in your proposal that you will be arguing for something. In addition, keep in mind that showing higher-level reasoning by identifying and addressing a potential counterargument from the other side always makes an argument sound better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do NOT do any&nbsp;<strong>research<\/strong>&nbsp;outside of the readings and notes from this class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your final assignment in this class will be a term paper, in which you give a philosophical analysis based on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>philosophy (proposal of final paper) - Highclasswriters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"philosophy (proposal of final paper) - Highclasswriters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Your final assignment in this class will be a term paper, in which you give a philosophical analysis based on [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Highclasswriters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-07T21:20:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-07T21:20:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/\",\"name\":\"philosophy (proposal of final paper) - Highclasswriters\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-07T21:20:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-07T21:20:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06412d8249aafcb0c75ea9958c98aaae\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"philosophy (proposal of final paper)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Highclasswriters\",\"description\":\"Essay Writing Service\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06412d8249aafcb0c75ea9958c98aaae\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccb26aea1053c4c33c76cde1eee45f1ec58485d03e72c412d111c386e42174?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccb26aea1053c4c33c76cde1eee45f1ec58485d03e72c412d111c386e42174?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"philosophy (proposal of final paper) - Highclasswriters","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"philosophy (proposal of final paper) - Highclasswriters","og_description":"Your final assignment in this class will be a term paper, in which you give a philosophical analysis based on [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/","og_site_name":"Highclasswriters","article_published_time":"2022-04-07T21:20:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-07T21:20:31+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/","url":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/","name":"philosophy (proposal of final paper) - Highclasswriters","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-04-07T21:20:29+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-07T21:20:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06412d8249aafcb0c75ea9958c98aaae"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/philosophy-proposal-of-final-paper\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"philosophy (proposal of final paper)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/","name":"Highclasswriters","description":"Essay Writing Service","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06412d8249aafcb0c75ea9958c98aaae","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccb26aea1053c4c33c76cde1eee45f1ec58485d03e72c412d111c386e42174?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccb26aea1053c4c33c76cde1eee45f1ec58485d03e72c412d111c386e42174?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1095,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions\/1095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}