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Philosophical Essay Papers: Students are required to submit 2 papers (4 to 5 pages each, typed, 12 font, one-sided double-spaced) throughout the term. They must be cleanly typed and proofread following standard rules of grammar and composition, and pages must be numbered. It will be my pleasure to help and/or discuss your essay with you, but I will not do any editing of your paper or give grade in advance.

 

The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro – in Spanish with English subtitle) 2004 directed by Alejandro Amenabar. For students who do not like to watch film in a foreign language, a possible substitute to this one is the TV Movie You don’t Know Jack 2010 directed by Barry Levinson. No other substitution is allowed.

 

In making a film analysis, you have to treat the film as a “text” which means that the film has to be studied and  analyzed. Your paper should not be  a summary of the film or  a “movie review” (this is a  not a film appreciation or a creative writing class). Your philosophical analysis should contain the following:

 

Your own title. Make it something both relevant and original.

Basic information about the film (title, year released, director’s name,  characters, plot summary)

Identification of the moral problem or issue tackled in the film.

Your thesis statement. A thesis statement is the statement that your paper will clarify and defend. Every paragraph or statement in your paper should contribute to the explanation or defense of your thesis.

5. Presentation on how the moral  problem or issue  in the film is

represented, treated, and resolved. What are the arguments (pro and con) presented?

Analysis: How the content of that particular film relates directly to some aspect of our course readings and how the content of that particular film extends your understanding of that ethical problem.

Theoretical framework: the use of moral theories.

Evaluation. Does the film give a coherent and unbiased account of the issue? Do you agree with the position presented in the film? Does the film leave the moral issue unresolved? Is this actually the best way to present the issue? Are there crucial arguments or elements of the moral problem that are not discussed in the film?

 

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