Understanding
a Biblical Worldview and integrating it into your essays:
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Your first essay is a Proposal Argument, and you need to propose a solution to a specific problem—the opioid crisis in America. Your textbook will teach you how to make a clear CLAIM to argue specific changes to stop the deaths, but as you will learn in Chapter 9: Christian Worldview, “when you propose a solution after providing a context to your problem,” you will need to “ask yourself if the solution is in line with biblical principles” (9-2a). Depending on your proposed solutions to the opioid crisis in America, you may or may not find yourself incorporating a defined Christian Worldview, but please remember that you are encouraged to do so.
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For the Ethical Argument essay, you are required to choose a specific ‘standard’ from which you would argue how far scientists should go using pre-set ethics from that ‘standard’. Therefore, if you are writing from the Christian ‘standard’ of ethics, you must be sure to write your argument in a way where the ethics are argued and defended on the basis of a Christian Worldview. When you begin to set up your ethical argument in the introduction paragraph of your ethical essay, you can list “the biblical principles as the standard for your judgment of the issue to be argued,” while you will want to use “the Bible as evidence for your principles and claims” when you are working in the body paragraphs of the essay (Chapter 9-2B). While you are required to use a ‘standard’ for the ethical argument, you do not have to choose the Christian World view as that 'standard' for your argument. You can choose the American standard of ethics or the Medical Association standard of ethics to argue your viewpoint on how far scientists should go in genetic modification. No matter which ‘standard’ of ethics you choose to argue with, you must be certain that the 'standard' is clearly stated and explained through each step of the argument.
For the Cause/Effect
essay, you are encouraged to integrate a Christian Worldview
to help argue your viewpoint of the cultural effects caused by social
media. Chapter 9 of the textbook wraps up the idea of writing from a
Christian perspective by stating:
This type of [cause/effect]
argument essay can apply a Christian worldview much like the Ethical Argument.
Be sure to address your stance in the introduction paragraph, use the Bible as
evidence in at least one of your points to support your thesis or claim, and
include the Christian perspective when rejecting the other side of the issue. With
all of these formats and others indicated throughout this textbook, the
conclusion paragraph is a natural location to finalize your thoughts through a
Christian worldview perspective as you close your argument to best satisfy and
reach your intended audience. (9-2c)
If you have not recently reviewed Chapter 9 from your online
textbook, be sure to do so before constructing your essay outline and drafting
assignment.
Chapter 9
Christian Worldview
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9-1a Doctrinal Statement
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9-2 Example Argument Formats
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9-2a The Proposal Argument
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9-2b The Ethical Argument
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9-3 How Do I Cite the Bible?
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9-3a MLA
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9-3b APA
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9-3c Turabian
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9-4 Conclusion
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9-4a Bibliography
Chapter 9: Christian
Worldview Chapter Contents
Book Title: The Well-Crafted Argument: A Guide and Reader Posted By: Jeanette Dick (jdick13@liberty.edu) as a reminder to ENGL101 students © 2018 Cengage Learning, Cengage Learning
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