FINAL ESSAY
1. Read all the corrections you’ve been given in your essay deliveries. Check the ones that you’ll need to include in the final essay and correct them (especially, those in the third period delivery)
2. Do not use bullets or separated subtitles for your essay; nor you divide it in separated sections as if it were a list of topics. AVOID Using the words “Introduction”, “Thesis”, “Body of essay”, “Conclusion” It is supposed to be an integral document where all parts are interconnected, related and justified.
3. Always assume that the one who will read your essay does not know anything about ethics, nor about the topic you present. Therefore, make sure you explain in detail all the time.
4. DO NOT assume that the reader may understand something just because you mention it. Be the clearest the possible and avoid ambiguous words such as “a lot” “many people” “all the society”, “the Government”… Be specific and DO NOT generalize.
5. Title: your essay must have a title (something that summarizes what the essay is about mainly)
6. Introduction:
a. Start with an interesting fact, rhetorical question, a famous phrase or any other interesting thing that may attract your reader.
b. Setting: use the following questions as a guide for writing the introduction (you don’t have to write them on your essay, only provide the answers in a paragraph-like way, not as a questionnaire):
i. Where does the problem you study come from? What is the context of the problem? Is it a complex problem? Explain why. Are there conflicting ethical values? Is it a problem that is related with human dignity, justice, autonomy or social development? Explain how it is related.
c. Definition of your essay. Use the following lines as your model for your introduction. Adapt it to your needs and essay:
i. In this essay, I am interested in showing (presenting, giving evidence, proving, studying; etc.) how (HERE YOU MENTION YOUR