Citation: I prefer APA format but you can use another if you prefer. The main point is for it to be crystal clear where your citations come from.
You do not need a cover page, keywords, or an abstract.
Font and font size: I prefer size 12 font in Times New Roman. But the main aim is for your paper to be easy to read.
Task: You need to answer one of the questions below. (1) or (2). Your goal is to
state a main claim that gives an answer to the question.
Show how the claim answers the question in detail
justify your claim as much as you can.
You can use material from the textbook, the slides, the useful links, or your own research
Advice for paper writing
A grading rubric will be provided. Here is a rough guide.
C grade: 600+ words of thoughtful work.
B grade: 800+ words of thoughtful work with discussion and use of main chapter material in the textbook.
A grade: 1000+ words of thoughtful work with discussion of one of the papers at the end of the textbook chapters, or an external scholarly source.
Advice for philosophy paper writing
Christian Perring
The introductory para should say what you will be arguing, and what the reader can expect.
Your main claims
Your method of argument
Don’t just say what the topic is.
It is good to split the paper into different labeled sections.
Make the structure of the paper crystal clear.
You don’t need a big concluding para.
Avoid cliche. E.g. “For millennia man has struggled with the question of X”
Citation style: Use APA unless you prefer some other one. (No abstract, no keywords, no cover page).
Never just paste URLs.
Definitely don’t paste very long URLs.
Don’t cheat.
That includes no paraphrasing tools.
A Brief Guide to Writing the Philosophy Paper
Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper
Answer one of these questions.
1. Read about the case of former nurse RaDona Vaught: Former nurse found guilty in accidental injection death of 75-year-old patient. Consider what is a reasonable punishment for her mistake, if any. Also consider more systemic approaches to error-reduction in nursing. What policies of error-reduction and accountability will be best for patients in the long run?
2. In this article Ethical dilemmas experienced by nurses while caring for patients during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An integrative review of qualitative studies – Aydogdu , the authors report:
Studies identified ways to cope with ethical dilemmas. Study and discussion groups with the presence of doctors and nurses (Liu et al., 2021) and planning, control, support, catharsis, focus (Jia et al., 2021), talking to loved ones, journaling, exercising (Silverman et al., 2021), learning specialized skills in nursing, scientific research and management were the means used by nurses to solve problems related to ethical dilemmas (Jia et al., 2021).
Discuss 2 or 3 of these coping methods. What would it take to arrange them and how might they provide help? How could they help in the particular moral dilemmas faced by nurses in the COVID pandemic?
