CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH ONLY

ASSIGNMENT GOAL: To learn to write a conclusion to a philosophy paper

ONLY ONE PARAGRAPH IS NEEDED!!!

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS:

Assume you have already written your introduction, exegesis, and argument sections of your paper. Your imagined thesis statement in this paper is: “I will argue that Hursthouse’s account of the permissibility of abortion is better than Marquis’.” Or you may use the thesis statement: “I will argue that Marquis’ account of abortion is superior to Hursthouse’s.” I don’t care which side you argue for.

Your conclusion should have three things:

A reminder to your audience what you argued
A reminder to your audience of how you argued for your thesis
A brief statement of the importance of the topic

For example, if my thesis statement was: “I will argue that Mill’s account of utilitarianism is better than Bentham’s,”(*NOT* what you are to write on for this conclusion – I’m only using this as an example) I might write something like the following:

In this paper, I argued that Mill’s account of utilitarianism is better than Bentham’s. I did this by first presenting Bentham’s account, followed by a rehearsal of Mill’s account. I then presented my argument that Mill’s account is superior for three reasons: first, Mill’s qualitative hedonism is better than Bentham’s quantitative hedonism; second, Mill’s rule utilitarianism is better than Bentham’s act utilitarianism; finally, Mill’s account of perfect duties and imperfect duties adds an important nuance to moral action. While this debate might seem overly academic, if we are to understand the importance of morality in society, we need to figure out the correct moral principles.

HOW THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE GRADED:

The assignment is worth 5 points.

1 point: Your first sentence of introduction (section (a) above)

2 points: Section (b) above – a reminder of how you argued for (a)

1 point: Section (c) above – why this topic is important

1 point: Language: WC/grammar/spelling/citations