Syracuse University Virtue Ethics Discussion
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Reading Response Guidelines
A Reading Responses (RR) is an opportunity for students to individually reflect on what we read in class.Understanding, questioning, and writing about texts is part of the work of a philosopher. RRs are alsoopportunities for students to prepare to talk about texts in class. A thoughtful RR translates to a preparedand robust classroom discussion.
Each RR should be one full page, as best you can. You should also try to do the following three things: (1)understand the authors perspective, (2) support your interpretation of this perspective, and (3) engagewith it with your own experience and opinions. This follows a straightforward three-paragraph structure.
First paragraph:What is the authors perspective when considering the text as a whole? You should try to restatethe text into your own words, but this is different from merely restating each paragraph frombeginning to end. How would you explain this perspective to a reasonably intelligent friend? Howabout a parent, who thinks taking philosophy classes is a waste of time? When doing this, itsimportant to keep in mind something called the principle of charity. This is the idea that we shouldtry to make as much sense of anothers argument as we can before we criticize it. When acharitable listener hears something that doesnt make sense to them, they work to figure out howthe other person might have arrived at that idea.
Second paragraph:What evidence from the text supports your interpretation of the authors perspective? How didyou arrive at this particular interpretation of the text? Here youre quoting specific sentences andrelating them to your interpretation in the first paragraph. Please provide page numbers so otherscan more easily follow your thinking.
Third paragraph:What do you think about what the author is saying? You can respond in any number of ways. Youmight argue that the authors reasons they give dont support their conclusion. You might provideadditional examples or counterexamples, tell a story, refer to another relevant text, ask questions,or reframe the discussion to suggest another way to see the problem
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