Step 5: Essay Outline
Instructions for writing: You can simply write your responses in the order of the questions. The answer to each question should include the following:
a sentence that answers the question directly
the sentence must include the concepts from the questions that are in italics
a sentence that describes evidence, quotes from a source or explains as requested
A. Introduction (half page, 5 points)
Please write the introduction AFTER you have answered the questions in the other sections. Then, come back and write one sentence that describes what you will be saying in each section.
B. Results of Moral Foundations Questionnaire
What are 2-3 of your moral foundations? These are the highest scores on the questionnaire results.
IF you did not complete the questionnaire, answer this question: Which of the moral foundations do you believe to be most valuable? Discuss 2 or 3 of these:
Care
Equality
Loyalty
Authority
Purity
Proportionality
According to Johnathan Haidt and his colleagues, what biases come with these foundations?
C. My Socialization
3. Describe a situation in which someone successfully influenced your moral beliefs.
4. Who or what agents of socialization influenced you to believe this?
D. My Biases
5. Describe a social problem that you have some experience with or know something about and use these concepts in your description:
effects = how people, groups, institutions experience something
origins = causes = to bring about a problem
amelioration = improvement
6. How do your highest moral foundations influence your thoughts and feelings about this problem? These are your biases.
7. How can you bracket your biases to examine problems more objectively?
8. What questions can you ask yourself to be more objective and take on multiple perspectives about the problem?
9. What have you learned about your own philosophical orientation while writing this essay? Use these concepts in your answer:
moral foundations
socialization
biases
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