In this essay, you will engage with one (or two) of the essays we read in the second half of the course. You can pick the topic.
A philosophy essay involves at least two parts: explaining the argument with which you are engaging and evaluating that argument/adding your own position to the debate.
This is an argumentative essay, so you need to have a thesis statement and defend it throughout the paper.
In other words, in this essay, explain the argument in the essay you’ve chosen, for example, how does Fricker define testimonial injustice? Then engage with her argument. Do you agree with her concept?
An example thesis statement: In this essay, I will argue that X because Y.
Here are some guides for writing a philosophy paper:
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