The paper should be a standard five paragraph argumentative essay(no more and no less than five
paragraphs), which means an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. The thesis statement
requirement: the last sentence of the introduction should be the complete thesis statement that clearly states
your point of view. The topic sentence requirement: the first sentence of each body paragraph should act as a
topic sentence and state the philosophical idea being analyzed. The paper should be organized in the following
way:
First paragraph: background and introductory material, any terms that need to be defined, and thesis statement
Second paragraph: first argument in support of the claim in the thesis statement
Third paragraph: second argument in support of the claim in the thesis statement
Fourth paragraph: an articulation of a contrary point of view immediately followed by the student’s careful and
thorough rebuttal.