First search for an argumentative topics and show it to me to agree on it
Once you have a topic sorted out, please use this space to provide an outline of your argument. This could take the form of one or more “articles” ala Aquinas. Here are two examples:
Utrum: whether it is the case that God is seen by the human eye
Videtur: yes, because…
Sed Contra: no, because…
Responsio: I respond “no”
Ergo: Here’s how that works
OR
“I am going to be looking at whether baseball or American football is a better sport. I think I will need several articles to do that, including:
1.) whether we can assign moral value to sports
2.) whether baseball is morally “good” or “bad”
3.) whether American football is morally “good” or “bad”
etc.”
^^^^ the up is for doing the outline
The Assignment:
- Using Thomas Aquinas as a structural guide, you are to write an utrum paper on a contemporary issue of your choosing. This paper must faithfully argue both sides of an issue before deciding on the merits of either the videtur or sed contra
- The manuscript is to be formatted in Times New Roman font, 12 points, double-spaced, with one-inch (1â€) margins at the top, bottom, left, and right
- Title pages and works-cited pages do not count toward the page totals below. I need 8 pages
