8.+Assignments+for+week+of+April+3

For your Concept Paper (about 500 words) due at turnitin Monday, April 4: write about an ethical issue that is raised by both drugs and computer use. If you have a view on this issue that you would like to persuade your readers to share, remember that if that view is unsupported it is just an opinion and opinions are often not persuasive. For an opinion to be supported it must be the logical conclusion to the premises that you use to support it and those premises, or supporting statements, must be sufficient to convince a reasonable person that your conclusion is correct. To make a moral argument it is helpful to start with a generally accepted principle such as “cheating is wrong” and then show how the particular kind of behavior that you are discussing is a form of that morally reprehensible (or admirable) behavior. Once you have done this then you have supported your conclusion that the behavior (getting a copy of the test in advance without permission) is wrong or (in another case) right. That said, this is your paper to write and you may choose to write about these topics in other ways. You will be fine so long as you:
 * CONCEPT PAPER (CP 4)**

A. I A. Identify an ethical issue that relates to your readings and discussions about drugs and computers and the internet; B. Write about it in a thoughtful way and use it as an opportunity to explore thoughts that are not obvious to you.( Thus, to say that the use of drugs and the internet can be addictive might be true, but is probably obvious to you and your reader. To start there and go on to explore a related idea such as: some forms of addiction are on balance worth it (just an example!), would make the paper more thought- provoking for both you and your readers); and C. Communicate your ideas clearly and organize your paper well.

**READINGS AND TAKEAWAYS (TQ8)** Due Tuesday, April 5 Rather than takeaways, for this reading, respond to THREE of Bittman's suggestions for changes regarding food. Come up with an argument that could be used against the suggestion (you need not agree with the argument - anticipating criticism can strengthen your position.) No questions necessary.

TWO takeaways and ONE question.