Final paper assignment, due at the time of the final:

First, read James Pryor's Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper.

Then, pick one of the articles below and write a 4-5 page paper on it where you (1) identify the author's main thesis, (2) the argument(s) in favor of that thesis and (3) evaluate the argument as sound or unsound and (4) respond to objections.

Daniel Howard Snyder, "Theodicy," in ed. Kelly James Clark, Readings in the Philosophy of Religion (Broadview 2008, 2nd edition).

Without Evidence or Argument: A Defense of Belief in God without Arguments, by Kelly Clark

Is It Wrong Everywhere, Always, and for Anyone to Believe Anything on Insufficient Evidence? by Peter Van Inwagen

Saul Smilansky, "The Ethical Advantages of Hard Determinism", PHILOSOPHY AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH vol.54 (1994), pp.355-363.

Famine, Affluence, and Morality, Peter Singer, Philosophy and Public Affairs, vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 1972), pp. 229-243

John Simmons, "Reasonable Humans and Animals"

I will find some more sample papers soon!