PHIL347
Course Project: Topic Selection
1. My argument will provide reasons related to the following question:
Is the speed and ubiquity (present everywhere, all the time) of the Internet reprogramming our brains for the worse and “making us stupid”?
2. ______My argument will support this claim as true; my answer to the question is “yes.”
______My argument will not support this claim and will oppose this claim as false; my answer to the question is “No.”
3. Stated argumentatively, I think the three most important issues around this topic are:
(1) ___________________________
(2) ___________________________
(3) ___________________________
State the issues argumentatively–that means a question that could be answered with a yes or no answer.
• For example: “Should we defund the police?” not “Why should we defund the police.”
Make sure the question is argumentative.
• For example: “Is Springfield the capital of Illinois?” is not an argumentative question because there is only one possible answer. “Should we move the capital of Illinois to Chicago?” is an argumentative question.
Examples of the three issues:
1. Will the costs of providing free healthcare to undocumented persons be prohibitively high?
2. Do we have a moral obligation to provide healthcare to those who have sought shelter within our borders?
3. Is the public health of the nation vulnerable to the health of undocumented persons, specifically by those with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and by unvaccinated persons?