DC Theory Custom Essay

This assignment will be presenting on the topic of Divine Command Theory (Hinman text, Chapter 3).

Don’t skip the Hinman text but feel welcome to go beyond it and take a look at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy or elsewhere.

And take a look at the Assessment Guidelines for the Ethical Theory Presentation to get an idea of what I’m looking for in terms of grading criteria.

The broad goal of this project is to push you to sink your teeth into an ethical theory and get a good understanding of it. Then to push you to engage with what your classmate’s present about other theories and get a basic understanding of some of those theories through seeing their presentation but also through asking questions and really engaging with the discussion.

Description

You will work with one to three partners to present one classical or contemporary ethical theory. Your goal is to “teach’ your classmates about the theory.

Specification

Your presentation needs to summarize the main ideas of the theory; the main theorists associated with the theory, and the major criticisms of the theory.

You will post the presentation on the due date in the Discussion Topic called Ethical Theory Presentations. Use the subject line to say the title of your Ethical Theory Presentation. In your message, tell us the names of the members of your group. Attach the presentation.

You may post your presentation as a PowerPoint, a WORD document, a PDF attachment or just post it in the message screen. Be succinct – summarize! Length should be no more that 10 – 15 slides or 4 – 5 double-spaced pages.

Process

Each presentation group will have a private discussion topic and chat room to meet and plan your presentation. You will be given readings from the textbooks to summarize as the basis for your presentation, but you may need to do a small amount of supplementary Internet research, for instance, to find a picture of the theorist.

Grading Criteria

Criteria

0-2 marks

3-4 marks

5 marks

1. The presentation accurately summarizes the main ideas of the ethical theory (5 marks)

Doesn’t accurately summarize ethical theory. Too short- Leaves out important concepts. Or too long – includes irrelevant information.

Most parts of theory addressed. Includes most relevant concepts and little irrelevant information

Succinctly and accurately summarizes ethical theory. Includes all relevant concepts.

2. The presentation accurately identifies the main theorists associated with the ethical theory and provides brief biographies theory (5 marks)

Doesn’t accurately identify the main theorists associated with the ethical theory and/or doesn’t provide brief biographies

Identifies most of the main theorists associated with the ethical theory and provides biographies

accurately identifies the main theorists associated with the ethical theory and provides brief biographies

3. The presentation accurately summarizes the main criticisms of the ethical theory t (5 marks)

Doesn’t accurately summarize criticisms of the ethical theory. Too short- Leaves out important concepts. Or too long – includes irrelevant information

Most criticisms of theory addressed. Includes most relevant concepts and little irrelevant information.

Succinctly and accurately summarizes criticisms of ethical theory. Includes all relevant concepts

4. The presentation of the ethical theory shows organization and creativity. Theory (5 marks)

Presentation is confused, rambling, parts disconnected from each other. Formatting difficult to read. Minimal creative aspects such as quotes or images included.

Presentation has organization; sometimes the flow is disrupted by lack of, or abrupt transitions. Some creative approaches shown such as inclusion of some quotes, images, or graphics.

Presentation flows from one section or topic to the next. Formatted in an easy-to-tread way. Consistent creativity shown through means such as inclusion of quotes, images, graphics.

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