The primary goal of your final assignment is to critically analyze the specific topic you have chosen regarding American national government. You have been preparing for this final assignment each week by constructing an Annotated Bibliography (Week 2) and a detailed outline of the Final Paper’s main points (Week 3) in which you focused on the following: Historical and constitutional basis for the American Government’s structure The system of checks and balances The various roles (e., public opinion, media, special interest groups, etc.) concerning public policy and elections The voting system and election process. In addition, you have read the course text and course readings, reviewed videos, and researched additional material for each week’s assignments and this paper. This week, you will put all of those outlines, readings, reviews, and research together to evaluate policymaking and government program administration into one Final Paper. As we wrap up our course, reflect on what you have learned about the key structures, systems, roles, and processes that embody our national government. Think about the strengths and weaknesses, advantages and disadvantages, and positive and negative impacts of these aspects of our democracy. Use what you have learned so far to evaluate a specific policy of our national government and recommend ways to enhance what works and repair what is not working well. It is important that your Final Paper utilizes your previous research and assignments, including the feedback that you received from the Ashford Writing Center in Week 4. The assignment should also showcase what you have learned in the course. While your previous assignments will serve as a strong base for this assignment, it is very important that you implement feedback from your instructor and the Ashford Writing Center, as well as further expand on the material. Appropriate transitions and headings are needed to ensure a cohesive Final Paper. 

FIRST ESSAY, WORTH 250 POINTSThe essay is due Sunday Oct.4 at midnight. You may turn in late submissions until midnight, Wednesday Oct.7, with the loss of 3 points per missed day.This essay has to be between 500 and 800 words. (That is approx. the same as between 1 1/2 page and 3 pages, double-spaced.) Give yourself at least 10 days to complete this assignment. I suggest you write at least two drafts before submitting your essay. This assignment has to be submitted as a Word file attachment. Otherwise I can't write comments in the paper. Text submissions (not as Word or .pdf files) will lose 3 points. (Be aware that you will probably not be able to submit an essay using your smartphone.)You have to use, and refer to, the textbook and the relevant Module(s). The only research of outside sources allowed for this essay is research of links provided in the Modules, but it is not required. If you refer to or quote sources linked in the Modules, you have to provide a list of Works Cited/Bibliography. Use MLA, APA, or CMS style. Keep quotes short and relevant. You may quote yourself from the Discussion Forum if you have written about the same subject, but that must be referenced!PLAGIARISM POLICY:What is plagiarism in a research paper/essay assignment? Copying from someone else’s paper; having someone else write your paper; copying/quoting from an outside source (such as a book, a journal, or a webpage/other Internet source), or from the textbook, without stating the source. In this assignment you are not allowed to do outside research, but in future assignments you are expected to research external sources. If you quote from such sources, always reference them. Changing a word here and there is not sufficient! Whenever you quote or use information from a text other than your own, you must put the text in quotation marks and reference it. Plagiarism will not be tolerated, and will be reported for appropriate disciplinary action according to SDCCD policy, and the assignment will receive an F. Canvas will submit your essay to UNICHECK, a plagiarism detection tool.INSTRUCTIONS:Give yourself at least a few days to write one or two drafts before you submit your response. Make sure you have done all the editing before you submit your essay.I suggest you submit your essay earlier than midnight in case you have a computer problem--or you've fallen asleep! Early submission is acceptable, but don't submit an essay before the relevant Module has been posted.Remember it is not enough to read the Module Lessons—you have to read Chapters 1 and/or 3!How to submit your essay: Have your essay ready as a .doc or .docx file (you can't submit " .pages" files!), and look for the "Submit" link at the top right of the page. Just click on it, and follow the instructions.Late submissions accepted until Wednesday Oct.7 at midnight, with a loss of 3 points per missed day.PROMPT:I MARTHA NUSSBAUM'S THEORY OF EMOTIONS AND ETHICS. This prompt refers to Chapter 1, and Module Week #2. Lesson #3. Answer all parts of this prompt in the proper order.Identify and explain Martha Nussbaum's theory of the role of emotions in ethicsWhy does she suggest to use works of fiction as illustrations?How can the film Smoke Signals be said to illustrate her theory?General Hints:"Identify," or "Give an account," means to describe someone's theory as accurately as you can.When a prompt asks you to "define," you need to come up with other words that express the same idea, as clearly as you can, also as if you were writing to someone who has never heard of the theory before.When a prompt asks you to "explain," you need to describe the theory in great detail, so someone who has never heard of it before can understand what it is all about. The explanation should include the philosopher's intention or purpose (= why is he or she putting those thoughts together? What point are they trying to make?). "Analyze" usually means to identify the author's goal and means of achieving it, and add your opinion: Is the author's theory well founded, or not?

Paradigms Writing Part One: Explain what a believer in first the American Ideal paradigm then a believer in the paradigm of Nazi Aryan mythology might do in the following situation:Terrorists are holding thirty American hostages, and they are demanding that the American military turn over a Middle Eastern man who is a prisoner at an American base. The terrorists hate the man and wish to behead him because he has betrayed the terrorists and revealed some of their most important secrets. The Americans have been holding the man because they are certain he has participated in some acts of terror, and he has revealed the secrets because they’ve promised to give him a fair trial and a reduced prison sentence in exchange for his cooperation. The base is not in the United States but in a country that would raise no objections if the Americans decided to turn him over to the terrorists. Part Two: Consider what believers in the Buddhist paradigm, the Christian paradigm, and the American Ideal paradigm represented by Captain America might say about the following situation:A very handsome young man with a quick wit and charming manner has been carrying on relationships with two women who live far enough apart not to run into each other, so he has been able to get away with lying to each of them. Both of the women are kind and loving toward him, and because he did not have a very loving mother, he craves their kindness. However, lately he has been feeling stress and cannot locate the cause. He has begun to drink somewhat heavily and has trouble sleeping at night.Part Three: Comment on the following story from the paradigms of Traditional Shinto and American Ideal represented by Wonder Woman:Daphne (which mean “laurel” in Greek) was a wood nymph, the daughter of the river god Perseus. She was one of those free-spirited women in mythology who was more interested in hunting and fishing than in men. Her father feared that she would ever marry; he was more interested in grandchildren than in having her bring back still more meat for the table. The god Apollo saw Daphne one day and fell instantly in love with her. He was unable to think about anything but her, and he pursued her, but she was not interested at all. Furthermore, she knew that relationships with gods could be dangerous, and Daphne had a human father, so she was mortal. Apollo chased her through the forests until she became more and more afraid. There was no way she could outrun him, so she cried to her father for a miracle to save her. Suddenly, she felt her feet becoming rooted in the earth. She could not move. Leaves sprouted from her arms—she had become a living laurel tree. The gods then declared the laurel tree the sacred tree of Apollo. To this day, at poetry contests and athletic events, the winners are given crowns made from the leaves of the laurel tree. in each response include: make each of the paradigms completely clearapply the paradigms completely clearly. explain completely what a person holding each paradigm would do or commentcover all the characters in the scenarios and support your answer with references to parts of the paradigm to explain why they would do or think what you say they wouldHere are some very brief summaries of the paradigmsChristianity: a linear, monotheistic religion centered around a "savior" spiritual hero with teachings that favor the poor, meek, and non-violent, but which has a definite notion of judgment after death. See: The Sermon on the Mount, (sloth, anger, envy, pride, lust, gluttony, and greed), and the Ten Commandments.Buddhism: a cyclical religion without gods but with a great, unifying "over soul" which includes reincarnation, karma, and nirvana and which teaches the four noble truths, the eight-fold path, and the importance of meditation in gaining enlightenment by freeing the mind of the distractions and delusions that desire creates. See: The Story of Buddha.Traditional Shinto: an animistic religion that two original creator deities, the male Izanagi and the female Izanami, created the islands of Japan and countless "kami," the spirits that inhabit everything in nature and are the “moral” basis of good and evil. This religion also holds that humans become kami when they die and were, in fact, created by the gods. See: the packet on traditional (not nationalistic) Shinto.The Divine Bloodline (which takes in both the Nazi mythology and Nationalistic Shinto): the belief that humans in a culture have the same sacred "blood" as a creator god or goddess and that because they do, the god or gods are on their side in wars and that other cultures are inferior because they do not have sacred blood. See: The packet on Nazi Mythology.The American Ideal of Equality and Individualism: the idea that everyone should have equal opportunity and freedom of expression in the pursuit of happiness. This paradigm is embodied in super heroes such as Captain America and Wonder Woman. See: The comics and films of Captain America and Wonder Woman.