Ouch. Seems like the opinion is pretty unanimous except for OTH's, which is a cat. Still, I appreciate the honesty and thoughtfulness that was put into the replies. Thank you.
The good news is that I have been given another chance to do this essay, though this time I've been assigned Kant's theory of ethics as a position. I was also given the helpful advice of not bothering to try to prove how a person following Kant's theory could do something immoral, lest my maximum possible grade become a "C".
The good professor also explained that he has an academic duty to fail me if I do not satisfactorily complete every step of the learning process, or as he put it, "You have to take the stairs like everyone else. I won't give you credit for trying to ride the elevator." Damn.
I was going to thank everyone individually with a multi-quote, but there is just too much to respond to. I hope it will suffice that the message has been received and that I am grateful to everyone who took the time to help. That said, I believe I will take the repeatedly proffered advice to use this forum as a place to crusade. To use the context of Sky's analogy; The guns are loaded, the walls are sound, and the broad stripes and bright stars will be visible at dawn's early light
