TERM PAPER TOPICS;Use all relevant readings. Cite all the texts you employ. This is at 4 to 5 page paper, though you may certainly write more. In offering your own judgment and defense, use course concepts.

2. Immanuel Kant argues that we have a perfect duty never to lie. Cultural Relativists argue that morality is a matter of what one’s culture says is right. Present Kant’s argument for the claim that we should never lie. Then present Ruth Benedict’s argument for Cultural Relativism. Is it possible for both Kant and Benedict to be right? Justify your answer using the standards of philosophy.

Use all relevant readings. Cite all the texts you employ. This is at 4 to 5 page paper, though
you may certainly write more. In offering your own judgment and
defense, use course concepts.

Grading Rubric 1. Does this paper identify have a clear thesis? (5%)
2. Does this paper contain only relevant information? Are the
citations completed properly? (5%) 3. Does the paper attribute the
correct view to the philosophers in question? (10%) 4. Is/are the
philosopher’s view presented with the appropriate level of detail?
(For example, does the author explain concepts and arguments in a
tight manner, or are the arguments and concepts merely sketched?)
(25%) 5. Does the author present a clear argument in his/her
discussion? (15%) 6. Does the paper cohere? Or, is the paper a
hodgepodge of disparate ideas? (10%) 7. Does the conclusion tie
together the different phases of the paper? Or, is the conclusion a
non-sequitur? (5%) 8. Are the spelling, grammar and syntax on the
college level? (5%) 9. Does the author make appropriate and accurate
use of course concepts in constructing his or her discussion? (20%)
Intangibles: Is the paper on the assigned topic? Is it the author’s
own work?