“An Immodest Proposal”: Final Justice Project Assignment
ASSIGNMENT RATIONALE: AKA Why are we doing this?Apply your content knowledge on philosophies of justice to an issue of justice you care aboutLearn how to write your own philosophy of justice that is logical, persuasive, and uses clarity/conciseness Prepare for the senior project by leaning essential skills including:How to keep track of your research notesHow to create a bibliographyHow to do in-text citationsGet inspiration for your senior project by analyzing an approach to “making impact” that is similar to what you’re planning on doing for Senior ProjectUnderstand how history affects the present Project Description in a NutshellPart 0: Listen to an episode of the podcast Throughline to get an example of research connecting history to the present.Part 1: Issue ResearchChoose an issue of injustice important to you.Research that issue to understand relationship between the past and present.Document those research notes and create a bibliography!Part 2: Philosophy Cover Letter-- Write a Philosophy of Justice for your issuePart 3: Approach Analysis: Choose a method or approach to “making impact” that aligns with what type of approach you’ll take for Senior Project and find an example as it relates to your chosen issue of injusticeAnalyze that approach to determine what works and what doesn’t OR how it inspires your proposal for Part 4. Part 4: Draft a proposalfor a solution to your chosen issue that is inspired by the method/approach you analyzed.Part 5: Reflect and Self-Assess