Choose three questions from the statement of belief essay for further inquiry

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Choose three questions from the statement of belief essay for further inquiry. Pick the ones that were either most interesting to you, the ones you felt you've changed your opinion on, or the ones you feel most strongly convicted of. 

 

My Three Questions:

1.  Is the pursuit of pleasure the most important deciding factor in the decisions that you make? Should it be? 
2. Are human beings necessarily selfish, or is altruism possible?
3. Are all moral claims true so long as someone believes them? Or, on the other hand, are some moral claims universally true for everyone regardless of what they believe?

 

Introduction Paragraph:

Once you've chosen your issues, restate briefly what your beliefs were concerning those issues at the outset of the course. By way of explanation, you should mention the most relevant autobiographical details that shaped your moral worldview.

 

Subjecting your specific ethical beliefs to an interrogation:

Then, write two paragraphs to each of the three themes you've selected to articulate how those beliefs have been impacted by the arguments of the course, either positively or negatively. This will require the recapitulation of the arguments in the course that either changed your position, or that you had to refute. If your belief changed, which arguments convinced you? And if your opinion has stayed the same, explain why the arguments opposed to your view failed to persuade you, and which arguments convince you that you are right.

 

Defending a coherent position:

First, assess your set of claims for consistency. If you find inconsistencies, rectify them by either changing one of your beliefs, or explaining how an apparent inconsistency is not a true inconsistency.

 

Next, defend your convictions, whatever they are, against objections. This will require some additional research on your part. Find at least one article that disagrees with your position for each claim you are defending and argue against your detractors. Use logic and reasoning to show how your opponent's arguments are invalid, unsound, fallacious, incomplete, or inconclusive. 

 

Assess the impact of your research. How confident are you in your position? What additional things might you need to learn about in order to strengthen the convictions you are defending in this paper?