The document provides guidelines for three critical research papers required for the course. It explains that the papers must be thesis-driven and involve independent research beyond course texts and materials. The papers should be 8-12 pages and include an introduction with thesis, body with arguments and evidence, and conclusion. Students must consult a minimum of 4 outside sources and can only use one online encyclopedia. The papers will account for 75% of the course grade and must avoid plagiarism.

1. CRITICAL RESEARCH PAPER GUIDELINES
Three critical research papers are required for this course.
Combined they account for 75% of your grade. These papers are
thesis driven and require research on your part beyond our
course text and classroom work. They are designed to get you
to further develop skills in several areas – to do independent
research; to enhance your critical thinking skills; to achieve a
better knowledge base of Western political thought; to develop
strong, evidence based, and coherent arguments in support of
your thesis; to more objectively evaluate all sides of a research
question, argument, or issue; and to develop writing skills and
organization that effectively communicate your thesis and
arguments. The paper questions are directly related to the
Western tradition of political philosophy.
General Format Information and Advice
Paper length should be 8 to 12 pages double spaced; title page,
main body, citations, and worked cited (bibliography). The
general structure of the paper should include an introductory
paragraph (a descriptive account of the question to be answered;
why is it relevant?); a clear thesis statement (your answer to the
question; tell the reader what you are going to attempt to prove
in this paper in summary form); the main body of the paper
consisting of your arguments and evidence; and a conclusion.
You need to do independent research beyond our class book and
consult other scholarly books and articles. A minimum of 4
sources (not including our required class text) must be
consulted. You will be allowed only one conventional Internet
encyclopedia or website source for your paper. A bibliography
of Wikipedia sources is not acceptable as serious university

2. level research.
Analyze all sides of the issue, including arguments that
contradict your thesis. Your main focus should be on the
rationality of ideas, theories, and evidence, not justifying your
personal ideology. A creative writing style should be able to
capture the reader’s attention in the first paragraph and keep it
throughout the paper. Sloppy errors in spelling, grammar, and
sentence structure will undermine the credibility of your paper.
Proofread your papers. Proper citations and a separate
bibliography (works cited page) are required. You are free to
choose whatever citation style that suits you. Just be consistent.
Since well researched and well written papers are the key to
success in this course (accounting for 75% of the overall grade),
I would strongly recommend that you already complete the
English component of your General Education/Liberal Arts
Objectives (especially Critical Reading and Writing) before
taking this class.
Plagiarism (using another person’s ideas, written work, or
internet website information, and claiming it as your own by not
citing the source) will result in a failing grade. Academic
dishonesty is an issue that many students do not take seriously.
Please take it seriously.
Cutting and pasting information from internet websites is not
serious research and writing. Do your own writing. I am looking
for clear, concise arguments linked to the research you have
done. Anecdotal storytelling and ideological rhetoric (long
rants) weaken your paper. Finally, turn your work in on time.
Late papers will not be accepted without prior approval on my
part (which requires a serious excuse). If I do grant a late paper
extension, it will only be a one-time exemption for the entire
semester.

3. Questions Critical Research Paper
1) Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that human nature was
essentially good and that civilization, in particular modern
civilization, had a corrupting influence on human behavior.
Explain how and why Rousseau believed this. What was his idea
of human nature? How and why does modern civilization, in
Rousseau’s opinion, turn us into aggressive, self-centered,
status seeking, money and consumer oriented people? Do you
agree with Rousseau? Finally, do you think it is possible to live
a simple, relatively self-sufficient life close to nature?
First talk about his view on humen nature why is it good? Or
why is it bad. Secoundly talk about why the society is bad?
Agree and disagree on that. Modern society, he lived there.
Small commiuty
Plesae right a thesis in the first pahargraph. I need a phargraph
of thesis not only one sentence.
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