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What theory you would like to defend
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Which philosophers and thinkers were the main contributors to the development and exposition of your theory (citations to specific works is helpful!)
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How your theory is relevant to addressing a real-world problem or situation(s) facing the world today, either a general problem facing individuals, or a concrete event or situation (political, social, or environmental).
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Why we should believe your theory (i.e., provide a schematic argument in its defense)
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What are the main objections to your theory that you have to address.
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Possible philosophical thinkers and their theories to use
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Socrates’ theory that human excellence is knowledge and that we have to search for truth
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The sophists’ moral relativism
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Plato’s theory of justice as harmony
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Plato’s theory that the best government is rule by a philosopher-king
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Aristotle’s theory of the union of the good life, happiness, and virtue
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The Stoic outlook on suffering
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Hume’s theory of morality
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Immanuel Kant on reason and morality
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Hegel’s theory of history
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Kierkegaard’s theory of the individual
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Marx’s theory of alienation
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Marx’s theory of exploitation
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Mill’s theory of utilitarianism
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Nietzsche’s theory of the revaluation of values
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Peirce’s theory of truth and reality
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William James’ theory on the naturalization of values
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Simone de Beavoir’s theory of sex
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Pascal’s theory on rational decision-making
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Postmodern theories of deconstruction or relativism
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