tIF YOU DO NOT PLAN ON READING THE PROMPTS, DO NOT DO THE ASSIGNEMENT he following prompt is for WR4 Research Essay. This assignment link is for you to complete a full draft for process credit and feedback. You will be using a different assignment link to submit the final draft at a later date.ENGL 120 Research Paper PromptTopics in Agency vs Structure: A Research Essay____________________________________________________Thus far in our course, we have explored the tension between individual agency (our free will, personal decisions, etc.) and structural forces (the power of our environments and the systems in which we operate). This research essay process allows you to select a specific topic and corresponding question within the course theme. You will conduct research on that topic, and synthesize that research with your own informed position (through creating topic proposal, annotated bibliography, and rough draft). Ultimately, you will develop an academic, argumentative essay in response to the prompt you select. This assignment offers you not only an opportunity to learn more about a pressing topic in American society and culture, but also hone your academic research, critical thinking and writing skills.PROMPTSelect a research topic and corresponding question from the Research Essay Topics list (attached to this prompt below, and available in Module Week 3).STEPSSelect a topic and corresponding research question.Use the Opposing Viewpoints in Context database, available through Cuyamaca’s online library system to conduct your research. Type the topic name into the search box in Opposing Viewpoints to find the research starter information and articles associated with your topic. See attached Research Essay Topics and Database Information sheet attached below.Note: You are required to use the Opposing Viewpoints database; do not just Google your topic.Prepare a formal Topic Proposal and Annotated Bibliography (WR3) that identifies your topic and research question, and summarizes at least 5 relevant and reputable sources, including at least one academic source.Submit a complete draft of the research essay for feedback.Revise draft based on feedback to ultimately submit a polished, final draft of the research essay (WR4).REQUIREMENTSFinal research paper must offer an original thesis in response to the research question, and support that thesis with subclaims, evidence and analysis of reputable sources.Final research paper must be 5-7 pages long (or 1600-2100 words), double spaced, 1” margins, 12 point Times New Roman or 11 point Arial. Essays that do not meet minimum length requirements will not receive a passing grade.Final research paper must present evidence and analysis from at least three sources from the Opposing Viewpoints in Context database.Note that while you summarize 5 sources in your Annotated Bibliography, you only are required to 3 sources in the actual research essay. The idea is to research widely, and only use the most relevant sources of what you locate and read.Use in-text citations and include a works cited page according to MLA standards. ntroduction to Writing the ResearchPaper (and more!)Happy Fourth of July week! This is the introduction page to the Week 4 module, which meansyou’re about halfway done with this course. You are so working hard, and I hope you feel thatyou’re learning both interesting content and useful writing skills. The research essay unit is thelongest in our course, but when you get through it, you’re so close to the finish line. Hang inthere, keep in touch with me, and review everything really carefully.DirectionsI strongly recommend you approach this week’s work in the following order:The MemoirHave you started The Other Wes Moore yet? It’s not an overly long or difficult read, but it isan entire book, so you’ll need to pace yourself. Don’t do that thing where you try to read it all inone night before the quiz, or worse--not read it at all.I recommend obtaining a paper copy of the novel from a library or book retailer, I’ve included alink to a PDF with the whole book in REALLY BIG FONT, but students have reported that thedocument is hard to read.Start reading the novel now, and mark important passages, themes and key quotes as you go.Check out the NPR interview and TED Talk the author did around the time the book came out(both linked to the module). Keep in mind that the book needs to be finished by Tuesday,July 10th. You need to be working on reading the memoir and completing your first draft of theresearch essay simultaneously this week.The Research EssayAt the beginning of this week, you submitted your WR3 Topic Proposal and AnnotatedBibliography, which means that the bulk of your research for the essay is finished. Now it’s timeto draft your essay. By the way, if you find you need to use new or different articles than youidentified in WR3, that’s ok; you are free to shift your sources as you’re writing the essay. Youdo not have to go back and redo WR3 if you select different sources for the essay as you aredrafting it.●Check out the full research essay prompt, with all the steps, requirements andguidelines you need to know about the final research essay.●Review the lesson about Research Essays and Counterarguments. It talks aboutbacon. It has a really cheesy picture of people jumping against a sunset background. Ithink you’ll love it. ;-)●Use the Counterargument handout for an easy resource that recaps the highlights ofthe lesson.●View the video and other web resources about research essays I linked to in the module●Carefully review out the Sample Research essays I loaded as models for you. They’reon different topics than the ones are are writing about, but the building blocks are prettymuch the same. Keep in mind that these students did not have to incorporate acounterargument in their essays, and you do (they had to use primary texts instead).There’s a model of a counterargument paragraph with information on how to incorporateit in the lesson.MLA●Find the MLA formatting guide that works best for you: I’ve linked to four MLAresources here, for your reference. I know you probably hate MLA. I do too (shhhh, don’ttell anyone). But not knowing how to use MLA properly in an academic research essay islike trying to build a house without any tools. MLA is one of the most basic tools inacademic writing.○PS. Did you catch that the library database formats all the Works Cited MLAentries for you? Bonus. You’ll still have to alphabetize and format them on theworks cited page for your research essay, and you’ll still have to wrangle thosepesky in-text citations when you paraphrase or quote a source.Write It!●Draft the research essay. Be sure it uses the 3D thesis and SEAS body paragraphformat we learned for our last essay, in addition to the counterargument skills that arenew to this unit.

Prompt A number of the texts that we have read so far agree that being happy is important for a good human life, and that pleasure plays an important role in our happiness. These insights are also reflected in various ethical theories. A particularly influential ethical theory of this kind is John Stuart Mill’s version of utilitarianism. (Utilitarianism, or, as it is also know, consequentialism, is one of the leading moral theories in contemporary ethics. Mill is one of the founding fathers of utilitarianism; another founding father is Jeremy Bentham, who was mentioned when we talked about The Picture of Dorian Gray, and who greatly influenced Mill.) Mill provides an account of his version of utilitarianism in his widely read book Utilitarianism (1863). This paper is about the first two chapters of Mill’s Utilitarianism in which he presents and defends the basic principle of his utilitarian theory. Your first task in this paper is to carefully state and explain the fundamental principle of Mill’s utilitarianism. Mill provides a (controversial) positive argument for his fundamental principle later on in his book. But he starts out his defense of utilitarianism by rebutting a number of popular objections that have been, or could be, raised against it. (It is also in the course of this discussion of popular objections that we learn more about the particular flavor of Mill’s version of utilitarianism, in contrast to Bentham’s version). Your second task in this paper is to examine two of the objections that Mill considers as well as Mill’s replies to these objections. The first objection that you should discuss is the one that Mill also addresses first under the heading ‘Higher and Lower Pleasures’, namely, the ‘swine/pig’ objection, in response to which he develops his famous theory of higher and lower pleasures. The choice of the second objection to be discussed is up to you. Are Mill’s replies convincing? Can you think of any replies to Mill’s replies? 

Your work: Please make an attempt to disprove the argument provided below (or at least show it questionable). To do so: A) Consider each point of this argument and try to find some weak claims within the argument (claims that are disputable, doubtful, or false; explain why you think these points are weak or flawed). B) Look for any place of faulty logic (if there is any), in order to show that the Conclusion 5 does not follow.*Your work should be at least three paragraphs long (250 words), but not longer than one page of text double spaced (350 words). *Please write straight to the point a) do not write any kind of introduction b) eliminate all words that are not necessary to illustrate your pointArgument: Premise 1) All knowledge you have comes to you via sense-perception Premise 2) When you perceive a freshly made solid piece of bee-wax (call it SBW for Solid Bee Wax) with your 5 senses, this wax still has some smell of flowers, some taste of honey, gives you a sound when knocked with a fingernail, feels hard to your touch, and it looks like a cube to your eyes Premise 3) When you bring the very same SBW to the fireplace and put it right next to the flames, the SBW melts and becomes liquid (call it MBW for Melted Bee Wax); in this process the smell of flowers evaporates from the MBW and it does not smell like flowers anymore, the taste of honey is not detectable anymore, it does not give you any sound when knocked with a fingernail, it becomes soft to your touch, and it does not look like a cube to your eyes Premise 4) Every sense-perception you have about the SBW is different from the sense-perception you have about the MBW Conclusion 5) The Solid Bee Wax and the Melted Bee Wax is not the same wax; they are two entirely different thingsTIP: Read the final part of the Meditation II