Overview
The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia
by J. Gay Williams
The Morality of Euthanasia
by James Rachels
this is an example of how the annotation should look like it is an image but since we are now printing a hard copy you will read the text and write in a document instead about each paragraph you read about here's how the format should look like.If you are not able to do all of the above on the doccument itself (note that you can mark it up digitally or mark up a hard copy and then submit photos or scans of your hard copy), you can create a Word document and simply type what you want about each paragraph. This option would look as follows for the first three paragraphs of my earlier example document:
P1
"slowly gaining acceptance" -- [we're past this now in some places]
P2
"Karen Quinlan" -- <like Rachels' story>
thesis: "I want to show that euthanasia is wrong. It is inherently wrong, but it is also wrong judged from the standpoint of self-interest and of practical effects."
P3"
defines euthanasia as "intentionally taking the life of a presumably hopeless person
Essential aspects of euthanasia:
killing
suffering from disease or injury from which recovery can't be reasonably expected
deliberate & intentional action
To Summarize, in annotating a philosophy article, consider doing the following:
underline and read the first sentence of each paragraph before reading the whole article in detail
for each paragraph, make a very short summary of the point it's making using a few words or a sentence
jot down notes about things the article makes you think about as you read it
star the main thesis statement (and any sub-thesis statements)
circle definitions
- mark off conclusions
B) Philosophical Summary:
Answer the following two questions:
What is Rachels' main conclusion? In other words, what does he want us to believe is true after we have read the whole article? Answer this using one sentence. If you have more sentences, you're probably giving his main argument instead of his conclusion. Be sure to include a quotation from the reading that supports your view. Include in brackets the page number from which you've taken it, e.g., (91) after the quotation.
What is his main argument for this conclusion? Be sure to include a quotation from the reading that supports your view. Include in brackets the page number from which you've taken it, e.g., (91) after the quotation.
Word Range: less than or equal to 150 words, i.e. <= 150 words