PHIL347
Course Project: Topic Selection
1. My argument will provide reasons related to the following question:
Should puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender reassignment surgery be available to minors? (Argument can address each treatment separately; that is, argument can claim puberty blockers are okay but not gender reassignment therapy) For minors, do clinical practices such as mastectomy, ovariectomy, uterine extirpation, penile disablement, tracheal shave, the prescription of hormones which are out of line with the genetic make-up of the child, or puberty blockers run an unacceptably high risk of doing harm?
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2. ______My argument will support this claim as true; my answer to the question is “yes.”
__DJ_ My argument will not support this claim and will oppose this claim as false; my answer to the question is “No.”
3. Stated argumentatively, I think the three most important issues around this topic are:
(1) Should more emphasis be placed on exploring non-invasive mental health interventions (such as therapy) for gender dysphoria before pursuing medical treatments that alter a minor’s body?___________________________
(2) _ Can minors, whose cognitive and emotional development is still ongoing, truly provide informed consent for life-altering treatments, especially when potential risks are not fully understood? __________________________
(3) Do you think that using puberty blockers and hormone therapy or undergoing surgery for minors may cause lasting mental effects that outweigh the short-term relief they provide for gender dysphoria?
State the issues argumentatively–that means a question that could be answered with a yes or no answer.
· For example: “Should we defund the police?”
not “Why should we defund the police.”
Make sure the question is argumentative.
· For example: “Is Springfield the capital of Illinois?” is not an argumentative question because there is only one possible answer. “Should we move the capital of Illinois to Chicago?” is an argumentative question.
Examples of the three issues:
1. Will the costs of providing free healthcare to undocumented persons be prohibitively high?
2. Do we have a moral obligation to provide healthcare to those who have sought shelter within our borders?
3. Is the public health of the nation vulnerable to the health of undocumented persons, specifically by those with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and by unvaccinated persons?
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