The Term Paper, due in Week 7, is a major (200 point) assignment for this class. The Term Paper topic will be a contemporary societal issue/problem of a regional, national or global nature. The issue/problem may be related to your major.
Topic: The death penalty issue
The paper will describe which philosophy/philosophies or ideology/ideologies that we have studied are most influential and how they work to support or resolve the issue.
Studied philosophies include: Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Existentialism, Postmodernism, Nationalism, American exceptionalism, Ethnonationalism, Liberalism, Conservatism, Marxism, Essentialism, Perennialism, Progressivism, Social Reconstructionism, Theistic Realism, and Experimentalism.
