1. The document discusses an assignment to address a moral issue related to physician-assisted suicide. 2. Students must formulate an ethical question on the topic, introduce the question and their position, and identify one supporting and one opposing consideration for their position. 3. The introduction should define key terms, provide background context, and narrow the topic scope to allow for detailed analysis in subsequent assignments.

1. Physician-assisted suicide Discussion 4
Physician-assisted suicide Discussion 4Physician-assisted suicide Discussion 4OverviewThe
following assignment is an exercise designed to help you begin the process of addressing a
moral issue, a process that will continue in the next two assignments. In this exercise, you
will do the following:Formulate an ethical question within one of the given topic areas from
the list provided.Provide an introduction in which you briefly explain the topic and the
particular question on which you will focus your paper.State your position on the question
at issue.Identify one consideration that would support your position and one consideration
that would challenge it.InstructionsThe exercise must be at least 500 words in length
(excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined. Be
sure to include a title page and, if you include references, a bibliography. The exercise
should be in outline (not essay) format, with each part labeled and numbered as specified
below.Part One: Formulate the QuestionRead through the list of available topic areas, and
select a topic on which you would like to write your next two papers. Formulate a specific,
concrete, ethical question pertaining to that topic, and place that at the top of your
paper.The question should be specific enough to discuss in six to eight pages (which is the
length of the Final Paper assignment). For example, if you were interested in discussing the
topic of capital punishment, a question like “Is capital punishment wrong?” would be too
vague, and would need to be reformulated as a more specific question, such as “Should we
execute people convicted of first degree murder?” or “Is it just to use capital punishment
when there is the possibility of executing innocent persons?” or “Is the capital punishment
system racist?”Part Two: Provide a Brief Introduction to the TopicYour introduction should
focus on setting out the topic and scope of the discussion in a way that clearly establishes
what exactly you will be talking about and why it is significant. It should also provide any
necessary context such as the background, current state of affairs, definitions of key terms,
and so on. You want to try to do this in a way that stays as neutral as possible, avoids
controversial assumptions, rhetorical questions, and the like. In other words, you should try
to construct an introduction to the topic that could be an introduction to a paper defending
any position on the question at issue.ORDER NOW FOR CUSTOMIZED, PLAGIARISM-FREE
PAPERSIt is important for your introduction to narrow down the topic as much as possible.
Doing so will allow you to provide a more detailed consideration of the issues and explain
the reasoning more clearly in later papers. In general, arguments and analyses are much
stronger when they focus on addressing a particular issue thoroughly and in detail, and
doing so often requires deciding on one particular question or point to discuss, and leaving

2. other possible ones aside.You should label this section of your paper as “Introduction.”Part
Three: Provide a Position StatementState clearly and precisely the position you intend to
defend on the question you have formulated. This does not need to be more than one
sentence.Note that providing a position statement does not necessarily presume that you
are confident in your position, that other positions do not have merit, or that you cannot
change your mind later. However, for now, it is important to at least tentatively take a stand
on a position you believe to be better supported than others.Label this section as “Position
Statement.”Part Four: Identify and Explain a Supporting ReasonIdentify and explain a
plausible reason someone could give that supports the position you have taken and be sure
to clearly explain why you think it supports that position. The explanation should aim to be
three to five sentences (shorter explanations are possible, but will likely be inadequate;
longer explanations are likely to be too verbose).Label this section as “Supporting Reason.”
Physician-assisted suicide Discussion 4Part Five: Identify and Explain an Opposing
ReasonIdentify and explain a plausible reason someone might give that would oppose or
challenge the position you have taken and be sure to clearly explain why you think it would
oppose or challenge it. The explanation should aim to be three to five sentences (shorter
explanations are possible, but will likely be inadequate; longer explanations are likely to be
too verbose). You should strive to articulate that reason in a way that someone defending a
contrary position to your own would do. This requires stepping back from your own
position and being able to think about the problem as objectively as you can. You should not
attempt to respond to this opposing reason.