ETHICAL SYSTEM POSITION ON SEXUAL OR GENDER ETHICS ISSUE RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW This assignment is a scholarly paper that builds upon the knowledge and skills developed in the

ETHICAL SYSTEM POSITION ON SEXUAL OR GENDER ETHICS ISSUE RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW This assignment is a scholarly paper that builds upon the knowledge and skills developed in the

ETHICAL SYSTEM POSITION ON SEXUAL OR GENDER ETHICS ISSUE RESEARCH

PAPER ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

This assignment is a scholarly paper that builds upon the knowledge and skills developed in the

first 3 weeks of the course. Each student will write a 1000–1500-word essay (word count doesn’t

include the title page, table of contents, and bibliography, but does include the footnotes) that

applies your chosen ethical system argued in Discussion: Choosing an Ethical System to one

specific sexual or gender related ethical issue presented in the assigned reading. Abortion, while

an important issue, does not qualify as topic for this assignment. Example of specific ethical

topics would be gay marriage, polygamy, pornography, trans athletes, gender-affirming care, and

other specific topics found in your assigned reading. The key is to be specific! No papers on

generic assessments of “Christian sexuality” vs. “non-Christian sexuality.” Format should be

12pt, Times New Roman font and use full Turabian format.

INSTRUCTIONS

Begin your paper with a brief introductory paragraph that clearly states your goals, thesis, and

method. This introduction should state:

1. What metaethical theory you are using;

2. The ethical theory you are contrasting it against;

3. The specific ethical issue you are addressing; and

4. A very brief conclusion on that issue that you want to defend.

Either your chosen ethical system or your contrasting ethical system must be Magnuson’s

Christian ethical system, in order to show that you have at least understood the curriculum from

a Christian perspective.

Next, provide a lengthy and detailed comparative analysis of the two ethical systems—Christian

ethics and another system—showing which theory is stronger. This will likely reflect what you

argued for in your Discussion: Choosing an Ethical System and the feedback that you received

from the professor and/or classmates who responded to your thread. Here you can go into more

detail than you could in the Discussion.

Next, proceed to the applied sexual or gender ethics issue. Here you should greatly expand upon

your argument. Add detail, nuance, and argumentation, providing a fairly complete and

comprehensive argument for how Christian ethics would approach this issue. It may be helpful to

use Rae’s 7-Step Moral Decision Making Process from Chap. 2 of Magnuson, but it is not

required. Or, if you defended a non-Christian ethical system in Discussion: Choosing an Ethical

System, formulate an application based on that theory using a decision making system consistent

with your chosen ethical system. You may illustrate the issue with minimal real-life examples,

but please do not fill your paper with anecdotes from your life or others. You should anticipate

possible objections to your approach to the issue and respond to them in an objective and

informed manner. For ideas on how others might object to your approach, a good place to begin

would be your classmate’s replies to your Discussion threads. You are encouraged to use quotes

from sources as a way to support your arguments, but quotes should not make up more than 300

words from your wordcount.

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Your final paragraph should reflect what you have argued in your thesis. It should recap what

you have accomplished and how you have accomplished it.

Research

The paper must include at least one citation from both of the two course textbooks in

addition to at least one citation from the Bible. Other acceptable sources include peer-

reviewed journal articles and scholarly books from the JF Library. If you’re unsure, then ask. All

resources used must be listed in your paper’s bibliography page and any resources quoted,

paraphrased, or alluded to must be documented via footnotes formatted according to Turabian.

Please understand that it is not enough to simply cite word for word material with a footnote, you

must put word for word text from a source in quotation marks or it is considered plagiarism.

Format

Your paper must begin with a title page that includes a paper title, your name, the date, and the

course name and number. The second page of your paper must be a table of contents. The last

page of your paper must be devoted to your bibliography. The paper must utilize 12 point Times

New Roman font and be double-spaced, with one inch margins. It must be double-spaced rather

than triple-spaced between paragraphs and there should be only one space after the end of each

sentence.

Any documentation in the body of your paper must be done via footnotes formatted according to

Turabian, unless you are citing or quoting the Bible. If you are not familiar with how to do this,

simply look it up on Liberty’s Turabian resource page. Footnotes should be single-spaced 12

point Times New Roman font.

Your paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. If you submit it as a .pdf or

anything other than a Microsoft Word document it will not be graded. Please use the paper

template supplied in this Module if you need help.

Format Example

Title Page

Table of Contents

Body of Paper:

• Introduction

• Ethical Systems Presentation and Argumentation

• Application of Ethical Systems on Ethical Issue

• Conclusion

Bibliography

Miscellany

Proofread your work before handing it in! Errors of spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation

will affect your grade. This is a university-level writing assignment. Please write accordingly.