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4. Identify a significant Normative Question that the author of the text that you’ve chosen is either (implicitly/explicitly) raising or attempting to answer.
a. A significant question at the very least (a) requires some academic effort to generate, research, and shape a response to and (b) is worth the work it takes to generate, research, and shape a response to.
b. See, Types of Questions, in the appendices below for support understanding what a Normative Question is.
c. Quote the bit of text that led you to identify the Normative Question that you did
5.Complete ONE of the following:
a. If you think that the author is attempting to answer the normative question
identified in task (4), then briefly explain the author’s answer;
OR
b. If the author is raising the question in some manner but not attempting to
answer it, then briefly explain the significance of raising that task-(4) question
given the surrounding context in the text that you’ve chosen.
– Note: Your explanation should be no more than 5 sentences long.
6. Reflecting on your response to task (4), raise:
a. one critical question you have about it;
AND
b. one expansive question you have about it;
AND
c. one non-normative philosophical question that you have about it.
– Note: For each question, in 50 words or less, show us what about your
response to task (4) brought you to raise that question;
For example: (2) Should employees at Starbucks stores strike?
Critical Question: What is the likelihood that the
work-related abuses suffered by workers in stores
where a strike is clearly justified are suffered by all
Starbucks Coffee Co. retail store workers?
o Striking is a serious matter. We shouldn’t
strike just to strike—that weakens it’s
usefulness. So, we need justification for
striking and abuse is that justification. (27
words)
7.For each question that you raised, provide your best, one-sentence, educated guess as an answer it.
