Choose one of the readings from chapters 2-6 and summarize, explain, and evaluate the main points of the reading in an argumentative essay in which you defend a thesis. Your essay should be between 4-5 paragraphs, including an intro and conclusion, and between 300-500 words. Do not include any direct quotations from the original text. Instead, summarize the position, and include a citation to the original. Papers with direct quotations will be returned ungraded. Papers with uncited direct quotations are instances of plagiarism, and will be returned with a failing grade.Attach your Reading Summary as a .doc or .docx file only. For instructions about how to do this, or a link to word processing software, please review the syllabus. Submissions that are simply copy/pasted into the box will be returned ungraded.You may choose any one of the following readings to complete this assignment:CHAPTER 1: Aristotle and the Question of Virtue: Why Bother Being Good?The Virtues by AristotleCHAPTER 2: Wrong Is Always Wrong: Kant’s Categorical ImperativeThe Categorical Imperative and the Good Will from Groundwork for the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel KantConcerning a Pretended Right to Lie from Motives of Humanity by Immanuel KantCHAPTER 3: Consequences Matter—UtilitarianismThe Principle of Utility by Jeremy BenthamUtilitarianism by John Stuart MillCHAPTER 4: Continental PerspectivesCommunist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich EngelsIntroduction to an Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de BeauvoirCHAPTER 5: Other Influential Moral Theories: Does Morality Depend on Culture, God, Nature, or Emotions?Euthyphro by PlatoThe Principles of Morals by David Hume
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