Ethics Research Paper Rubric

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Ethics Research Paper Rubric

 
    (4) Outstanding (3) Good (2) Adequate (1) Inadequate
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 Thesis is supported excellently—the arguments in the essay work well together to support the thesis; the claims in these arguments are themselves supported well Thesis is mostly defended well, but one small part isn’t supported, or one or two of the arguments for it need a bit more support or explanation 1-2 important parts of thesis need further support (textual or other evidence), or several claims in the arguments for the thesis given too quickly, w/little support The points given in the paper do not support the thesis, or there are major gaps where aspects of the thesis or arguments for it are left undefended, or it’s difficult to tell what you are arguing for & how
EVIDENCE Adequate textual evidence provided for your claims about the text

 

 Adequate textual evidence provided for your claims about the text(s) in most places, but need more in 1-2  places More textual evidence is needed in several places Very little to no textual evidence is provided
ACCURACY No inaccuracies in discussion of texts, &/or non-standard interpretations defended well Mostly accurate discussion of claims and arguments from texts, but 1-2 minor inaccuracies; or, controversial or non-standard interpretations of texts need a bit more defense A few inaccuracies in the discussion of the texts, or controversial or non-standard interpretations of texts not defended as well as they should be

 

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 INSIGHT Creative, original thesis, argument, and interpretations of texts that spark new ideas and questions in the reader beyond what is in the texts and lectures; takes risks and reflects deep thought and effort Thesis, arguments, &/or interpretations of texts reflect some original thought, but could use more There is not much evidence of original thought or interpretations, or the arguments in the essay focus on was given in class or in the texts, or the interpretations are pretty clear to most readers on a first read The essay attempts to repeat arguments or ideas from texts or lectures/discussions, or attempts to give an original argument, but shows a serious lack of understanding of the material in either case
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 THESIS Thesis is clear and accurately reflects the main argument in the essay Thesis statement is vague, or the essay argues something slightly different

 

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ORDER Points are linked in an order that reveals well how they work together to support the thesis One or two paragraphs should be moved to a different part of the essay to improve the argument flow, or one paragraph goes a bit off topic It’s somewhat difficult to follow the thread of the argument in the essay, to see why the paragraphs should be in this order (though with effort the thread can be found), or the essay makes some points disconnected from thesis Points seem to be listed somewhat randomly rather than having clear transitions and a logical order
PARAGRAPHS Paragraphs are coherent, with good topic sentences One or two paragraphs could be better organized internally, or missing topic sentences for 1-2 of them It’s hard to follow the internal organizational structure of several paragraphs, or several paragraphs missing topic sentences The essay is not broken up into coherent paragraphs for different points

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A lawyer, legal educator, and author, James C. Morton has written more than twenty-five legal texts as well as numerous papers and articles.

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Chapter Introduction

A lawyer, legal educator, and author, James C. Morton has written more than twenty-five legal texts as well as numerous papers and articles. He is past president of the Ontario Bar Association and a long-time human rights and community activist. He’s served as a governor for the Canadian International Peace Project, counsel for the Canadian Somali Congress, and legal counsel (pro bono) for Artists Against Racism, a registered charity fighting racial and religious prejudice. In this piece, published in the Ottawa Citizen on October 13, 2008, Morton argues that tough punishment is not the solution to the common problem of chronic offences in the area of petty theft.

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In a season of tough talk on crime, I would like to propose a challenge to our political leaders. In this country, one group of criminals commits a disproportionate number of crimes that we could easily reduce with more coercive sentencing. However, our usual form of coercion—imprisonment—doesn’t work for them. They need a different kind of sentence. But to make that happen—and to significantly reduce the number of crimes they commit—would require a degree of will and wisdom that our legislators can’t seem to muster.

 

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The legal system refers to these men—they are almost all men—as chronic offenders. What everyone knows—but the justice system doesn’t acknowledge—is that they are also drug addicts, hooked on heroin or crack cocaine. They steal not for gain but to support their addiction, to pay for their next fix.

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This has nothing to do with getting high. For an addict, the point is to avoid the effects of withdrawal—in the case of heroin, including cramps and muscle spasms, fever, cold sweats and goose bumps (hence the phrase “cold turkey”), insomnia, vomiting, diarrhea and a condition called “itchy blood,” which can cause compulsive scratching so severe that it leads to open sores. For addicts, drug use is not a lifestyle choice that’s easy to change. Many have been addicted for their entire adult lives, and as a result have spent half their lives behind bars, serving dozens of sentences for minor crimes. These are the “revolving door” criminals that some critics point to—arrested, tried, sentenced to a few weeks or months, then dumped back out on the street, only to be arrested, tried and convicted again a few weeks later.

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Canada has hundreds of criminals like that, mainly in the larger cities. Vancouver alone recently identified 379. According to a report by the Vancouver Police Department, the vast majority were addicted to drugs or alcohol. Many also suffer from a mental disorder, generally untreated. In the five years between 2001 and 2006, Vancouver’s few hundred chronic offenders, as a group, were responsible for 26,755 police contacts—more than 5,000 contacts per year, 14 a day. The costs are staggering.

Arrests, prosecutions and incarcerations end up costing some $20,000 per criminal per month—per month! There has to be a better way.

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A lawyer, legal educator, and author, James C. Morton has written more than twenty-five legal texts as well as numerous papers and articles.

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Chapter Introduction

A lawyer, legal educator, and author, James C. Morton has written more than twenty-five legal texts as well as numerous papers and articles. He is past president of the Ontario Bar Association and a long-time human rights and community activist. He’s served as a governor for the Canadian International Peace Project, counsel for the Canadian Somali Congress, and legal counsel (pro bono) for Artists Against Racism, a registered charity fighting racial and religious prejudice. In this piece, published in the Ottawa Citizen on October 13, 2008, Morton argues that tough punishment is not the solution to the common problem of chronic offences in the area of petty theft.

  • 1

In a season of tough talk on crime, I would like to propose a challenge to our political leaders. In this country, one group of criminals commits a disproportionate number of crimes that we could easily reduce with more coercive sentencing. However, our usual form of coercion—imprisonment—doesn’t work for them. They need a different kind of sentence. But to make that happen—and to significantly reduce the number of crimes they commit—would require a degree of will and wisdom that our legislators can’t seem to muster.

© iQoncept/Shutterstock

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The legal system refers to these men—they are almost all men—as chronic offenders. What everyone knows—but the justice system doesn’t acknowledge—is that they are also drug addicts, hooked on heroin or crack cocaine. They steal not for gain but to support their addiction, to pay for their next fix.

  • 3

This has nothing to do with getting high. For an addict, the point is to avoid the effects of withdrawal—in the case of heroin, including cramps and muscle spasms, fever, cold sweats and goose bumps (hence the phrase “cold turkey”), insomnia, vomiting, diarrhea and a condition called “itchy blood,” which can cause compulsive scratching so severe that it leads to open sores. For addicts, drug use is not a lifestyle choice that’s easy to change. Many have been addicted for their entire adult lives, and as a result have spent half their lives behind bars, serving dozens of sentences for minor crimes. These are the “revolving door” criminals that some critics point to—arrested, tried, sentenced to a few weeks or months, then dumped back out on the street, only to be arrested, tried and convicted again a few weeks later.

  • 4

Canada has hundreds of criminals like that, mainly in the larger cities. Vancouver alone recently identified 379. According to a report by the Vancouver Police Department, the vast majority were addicted to drugs or alcohol. Many also suffer from a mental disorder, generally untreated. In the five years between 2001 and 2006, Vancouver’s few hundred chronic offenders, as a group, were responsible for 26,755 police contacts—more than 5,000 contacts per year, 14 a day. The costs are staggering.

Arrests, prosecutions and incarcerations end up costing some $20,000 per criminal per month—per month! There has to be a better way.

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How do we create ourselves, and our identities, in contemporary culture through photography….one selfie at a time? How do we express our political views through selfies?

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Selfie Photo-Essay Assignment – Due July 28th @ 6:00pm

 How do we create ourselves, and our identities, in contemporary culture through photography….one selfie at a time? How do we express our political views through selfies?

This assignment is focused on asking you to think about and unpack some of the primary topics in cultural anthropology in relationship to yourself through photography and selfies. In particular, you will be asked to discuss and think about visual signifiers associated with topics such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, class, and other identity markers by examining choices in self presentation, which includes: posing, facial expression, clothing, make-up, hair styles as well as background (places), lighting, angle of the camera, objects included or other people.

Take 5 selfies or find older selfies (others can be in the photo, but your image needs to be prominent). Be creative in thinking about how each photo represents and challenges aspects of your identity; the public/private realm, and identity politics. Consider all of the aspects of the images listed above, both separately and how they interconnect, and how selfies can be used to create political statements (even if these political statements focus on individual lives). You also need to think about how you can analysis your selfies according to some of the theories we have been working with in this class (i.e. in terms of content, framing, posing, background, lighting etc.)

Also, think deeply about the political issues that are important to you. Many of you simply focused on class or gender for the Week 13 discussion. These are both very obvious and not particular to any individual. Try to think outside of the box and focus on political issues that are indigenous to you, your life and your identity..

 

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How does Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour” reflect any of the following: the role of women in the 1800s, the cult of true womanhood, the angel in the house ideal, and Kate Chopin’s personal experience?

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3) How does Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour” reflect any of the following: the role of women in the 1800s, the cult of true womanhood, the angel in the house ideal, and Kate Chopin’s personal experience?

 

  • Primary source: “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
  • Secondary sources:
    • “The Cult of True Womanhood”
    • “Angel in the House”
    • “Kate Chopin’s Biography”

 

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Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner’s Robocop and Agatha Christie’s The Case of the Caretaker illustrate and detail the themes of Betrayal, Greed, and Retribution over time.

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Introduction

Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner’s Robocop and Agatha Christie’s The Case of the Caretaker illustrate and detail the themes of Betrayal, Greed, and Retribution over time. Robocop is set in the modern and futuristic time while The Case of the Caretaker is set in the early 1900s. Robocop examines a society that incorporates arms dealers and requires assistance from the technologically advanced law enforcer. On the other hand, The Case of the Caretaker explores small town crimes solved by the deductions of an amateur detective. Both texts look at how crime is dealt with within their subsequent societies with the advancement of social rights and technological achievements. Consequently, Neumeier and Miner and Christie depict the evolution of society through cinematography, imagery, symbolism and characterisation.

Body

Para graph 1 – include camera shots as well as imagery and symbolism relating to the theme and introduction (Robocop 2014) & (the case of the caretaker) – include stylistic features relating to the theme (Robocop 2014) & (the case of the caretaker- Agatha Christie) Cinematography, Imagery & Symbolism

Betrayal

The actions of betraying one’s group or cause, committing treachery. Betrayal is very noticeable throughout Robocop, when detective Murphy is going through the final stages of programming, his memory has been wiped, he no longer sees his family, and he is enslaved to serve the company that gave him new life. The eventually decide to kill him as he broke through their programming and has become a liability, betraying him in the act. Like Robocop betrayal is a key theme in the case of the Caretaker when Harry married Louise only to attain her wealth and killing her in the process. Overtime betrayal was taken its toll on society, and how it is presented. It depended on the writers if they want to make the theme obvious or keep on the low to surprise and shock the audience.

 

Paragraph 2– include camera shots as well as imagery and symbolism relating to the theme and introduction (Robocop 2014) & (the case of the caretaker) – include stylistic features relating to the theme (Robocop 2014) & (the case of the caretaker- Agatha Christie) Imagery & Symbolism, and Cinematography,

Greed

The intense and selfish desire for something, such as wealth, power, or food. Greed is quite noticeable throughout Robocop, as Omni Consumer Products pushes Detective Murphy to be the perfect cyber law enforcer. Main protagonist CEO of Omni Consumer Products Raymond Sellars is in charge of the cyber law enforcement project in it to make a large profit. Greed is a major theme within the case of the Caretaker, Louise’s husband Harry Laxton, has schemed a decisive plan that would’ve made him even richer. He married Louise’s because she was wealthy, killed her, and was going to do to the same thing to Dr Haydock’s niece, all for the money. Overtime greed has remained the same, like betrayal, it depended on the writers if they want to make the theme obvious or keep on the low to surprise and shock the audience.

Paragraph 3 – include camera shots as well as imagery and symbolism relating to the theme and introduction (Robocop 2014) & (the case of the caretaker) – include stylistic features relating to the theme (Robocop 2014) & (the case of the caretaker- Agatha Christie) Cinematography, Imagery & Symbolism

Retribution

Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong doing or criminal act. Retribution is very prominent towards the end of Robocop, as Detective Murphy realises that Omni Consumer Products is trying to kill him, and take away his family. He seeks retribution for numerous acts the company has inflicted upon him and his family, taking away his identity as a human, violating human nature & human rights, enslaved him to work and only work for them, and etc. Similar to Mrs. Murgatroyed in the case of the Caretaker¸ as she kills Louise because of threats from Harry. She seeks retribution for Louise and confesses to the police for killing her but was forced by Harry Laxton, sentencing him to jail.

Conclusion (Self-explanatory)

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In the 19th century French philosopher Auguste Comte famously said, “demography is destiny”. Familiarity with spatial dimensions of population (migration, density, fertility, etc

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GEOG 100 Essay

POPULATION AND MIGRATION

In the 19th century French philosopher Auguste Comte famously said, “demography is destiny”. Familiarity with spatial dimensions of population (migration, density, fertility, etc…) is the baseline for human geography. In this light, students are to create a population and migration profile of a country.

Students will randomly be assigned a country and carry out extensive research on population and migration characteristics of that country. Ultimately, this assignment is all about how human population is organized geographically, and why the population is growing or declining.

This assignment/essay will be organized in an essay format and requires some aspects of an argument. You need multiple sources – at least five. Please use APA referencing system with in-text references.

The following content needs to be included:

Explain the following for your country:

  • Current population
  • Population density
  • Five Most populated cities
  • RNI
  • Doubling Time
  • Life expectancy
  • Dependency Rate
  • Literacy Rate
  • Average income
  • Population vs. availability of resources
  • The stage of the demographic transition model the country is in
  • Population policies (current or past)
  • Current population related concerns (too big? too small? too old? too young?)

Explain the following migration patterns:

  • Current internal or external net migration and explanation
  • Push and/or Pull factors for migrants
  • Immigration policies

Figures/images to include:

  • Population pyramid
  • Pick two different types of maps to show population

–         for example a dot distribution or cartogram

  • Migration map or graph if possible

When writing this essay, it is best to think not so much in terms of answering a question or presenting information and data as of illuminating a problem. To illuminate a problem is to do such things as: explain what the problem is and why it matters; consider different ways of thinking about the problem; construct arguments and counter-arguments; give examples; assess supporting evidence; explore implications; make relevant  connections; and uncover hidden assumptions. So, this population and migration essay should be both analytical and descriptive.

Your essay needs to be more than a summary of other people’s opinions or published data. Some parts of your essay need to have a persuasive argumentative angle.

The essay should be about 1500 words or seven pages. This essay should not be started until after we complete Chapters two and three (Population and Migration).

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The thesis statement contains a topic, controlling idea (opinion), and three main supporting points.

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Write a Preliminary Essay Outline

Write a Preliminary Essay Outline Assignment

Assignment Learning Outcomes

  • Read and demonstrate understanding of assigned material.
  • Apply the knowledge of preliminary essay structure, of grammar and mechanics, and of the function of a thesis statement and supporting paragraphs in a prescribed written format.
  • Apply the skills of editing and proofreading to compose and revise a written composition so that it is consistently free of errors in spelling, syntax, and grammar.

Preliminary Essay Outline Format

Thesis Statement

  • The thesis statement contains a topic, controlling idea (opinion), and three main supporting points.
  • The thesis statement is written as one complete sentence with good parallel structure and attention to grammar and mechanics.
  • The thesis statement is thoughtful and can be adequately supported in a three-paragraph essay.

Body Paragraphs

  • Each boy paragraph contains a topic sentence, 2 main supporting points, and 2 specific examples or points of explanation.

Topic Sentences

  • The topic sentence contains a topic (relating directly to the first main supporting point of the thesis statement) and a controlling idea (opinion).
  • The topic sentence is written as one complete sentence with attention to grammar and mechanics.

Main supporting point

  • Each main point is a general supportable point. (point-form format)

Examples/Details/Explanations

  • A specific example or explanation is given for each main point which adequately clarifies and/or further extends the idea expressed. (point-form format)

Concluding Sentence

  • The concluding statement is written as a complete, grammatically correct sentence and paraphrases the thesis statement.

Reading Reference

  • Two reading references are used appropriately as either specific examples or as explanations to further clarify the corresponding main point.

Preliminary Essay Outline TEMPLATE

 

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Be critical in assessing the concept of peer reviews and using scientific literature. Make sure you are also critical about possible alternatives; something else is not necessarily better.

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Essay Assignment

Write an essay on the role of peer reviews in the current context of scientific research. Answer the question whether performing peer reviews is still the best method for assessing the quality of scientific research.

Be critical in assessing the concept of peer reviews and using scientific literature. Make sure you are also critical about possible alternatives; something else is not necessarily better.

 

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Describe and critically discuss two market oriented and one non-market-oriented energy policy instrument

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A.)   Describe and briefly discuss the three general energy policy goals (max. 200 words).

B.)    Discuss the difference between energy policy and climate policy (max. 100 words).

C.)     Describe and critically discuss two market oriented and one non-market-oriented energy policy instrument (max. 250 words).

 

QUESTIONS A,B,C ARE ANSWERED BY SLIDES… I HAVE FOUND ALREADY THE ANSWERS OF THE TWO FIRST AND I THINK THEY ARE IN TOPIC 8. JUST TO HELP YOU. DON’T FRICK OUT WITH THE MATERIAL, I JUST SENT YOU EVERYTHING IF YOU NEED IT.

  1. D) Read the following scientific article:

von Rosenstiel, Dirk Peters, Daniel F. Heuermann, and Stefan Hüsig. “Why has the introduction of natural gas vehicles failed in Germany?—Lessons on the role of market failure in markets for alternative fuel vehicles.” Energy Policy 78 (2015): 91-101.

Write a short essay based on your understanding of the article and other information available to you (max 1000 words). In this essay, you should discuss the major types of market failures in the natural gas vehicle market in Germany. Then compare them to the most important market failures in the German electric vehicle market.

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