The focus is on YOU and your THEME! Introduce yourself, the theme you chose, and explain why it is important. Reflect on your self-introduction in the first week of class, consider the your initial thoughts on the purpose of this class, reevaluate your letter to the professor and the interviews about your theme and areas of interest, and connect it with our choice of theme.

nstructions：

1. Introduction

The focus is on YOU and your THEME! Introduce yourself, the theme you chose, and explain why it is important. Reflect on your self-introduction in the first week of class, consider the your initial thoughts on the purpose of this class, reevaluate your letter to the professor and the interviews about your theme and areas of interest, and connect it with our choice of theme.

2. Case Study

Present a specific PROBLEM, address the particular CASE you are studying, and ask your QUESTION (using the Kantian formula “What Should I Do?”). In this part you rely on external sources and literature to provide detailed information on the issues you are discussing. Show why the issue you chose is relevant and make sure you document it well, citing your references in an academic format (feel free to choose MLA, APA, CMS or other citation styles).

3. Immanuel Kant’s Practical Philosophy

Summarize what you learned about IMMANUEL KANT and his views on PRACTICAL REASON, connect his philosophy to your theme and question, and use his methodology to analyze the problem and case you chose. In this part, you need to apply his dualist method, separate what is “empirical” from what is “conceptual,” and connect your case to Kant’s key concepts (reason, will, freedom, contradiction, and humanity). More than simply describing Kant’s philosophy, you need to be using his method to analyze your issue (to break things apart to better understand what is at stake, and then put then back together). You need to cite Kant and Paul Guyer (make sure you cite the pages).

4. Conclusion and Answer to your Question

Summarize what you learned in the previous parts (1, 2, and 3). Then present your own conclusion and answer the question you asked previously. The answer is not about what Kant would say, but about “what you ‘should’ do” if you follow Kant’s definition of practical reason consistently. State your conclusion as clearly as possible.

5. References

Provide at least 5 references (you can do more and this will count positively in your evaluation). The first three references (minimum) should be related to your theme and case, providing information on the issue you are studying. Two other references (minimum) should be about Kant — at least Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason (using the Cambridge edition available on Canvas and Paul Guyer’s Kant and the Rationality of Morality. Any other illustration, graphs, maps, websites, and other references that contribute to the understanding of your THEME and QUESTION are welcome!

Feedback：

Yes, very briefly: I had insisted that we needed to hear “your” voice in this assignment. Part 1 should be about “you,” Part 2 about a “your” case, and Part 3 wasn’t supposed to be an exposition about Kant’s philosophy but rather showing how “you” use Kant to address your case (including using his dualistic methodology). I hope these comments are helpful. AN

Second draft instructions：

1. Materials for this assignment: you will need two things:

a) Your Case Study (i.e., your “Work in Progress” in 5 parts);

b) The various Minutes presented by each group and posted on Canvas.

2. Here is the multiple activity you will need to perform:

a) Focus on “Part 3” of your Case Study (i.e., the analysis based on Kant’s philosophy);

b) Use any of the posted minutes to illustrate, support or document your analysis;

c) Insert 3 comments and references into your Case Study, based on the minutes;

Example: One example of universalizability is Kant’s consideration of the letter he received from Maria von Herbert. She wrote to Kant to report that she had lied to her fiance, who then left her. Therefore, she asked the question: What should I do? On February 26, Group 4 reported on this case, which we discussed in class on February 24. The minutes for this class document that Kant did not necessarily tell her what to do, but insisted that whatever she decided to do, it should be autonomous, based on her own reason, freedom, and will. Moreover, her actions should pass two tests: noncontradiction and universalizability. This means that whatever she decided, should be valid for each and every other human being.

d) Mark your insertions in red, so the Professor can view and evaluate what you do.

e) Insert the editorial information about the minutes you used in Part 5 (References).

Reference: Group 4 (Meghan Rand, Susan Mateo, Jwaun Ward, Viktoria Vasilevskaya, Kenny Wu), Minutes 11 of TPHIL 250 “Pratical Reasoning” Class on February 24, 2020. Published on Canvas (TPHIL 250), University of Washington, under “Minutes” on February 26, 2020. Accessed on March 6, 2020.

f) Upload your updated file on Canvas (you have until Monday, March 9 at noon).

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