Quote:
Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl
Libertarianism may not be a perfect system of ethics or social justice, but as I argued in my paper, it is the baseline for determining ethicality, and because of its honesty, is the only true theory of ethics. I think that's a reasonable perspective.
|
Dropped in to see how it turned out for you (glad), and saw this paragraph. You may want to leave yourself some wiggle room here, especially if you disagree strongly with the premise of the base text (and, in fairness, the forest story is loopy). Get your argument against the premise together, because it looks pretty convincing from what I see here. A phrase like "the only true theory" can inadvertently colour the surrounding text, and give you another hurdle to get over with the professor.
Example from this morning. I got chewed out by an instructor for a procedure that I thought was fine, and I wasn't taking any sort of criticism on board. Afterwards, I was leaving and another instructor catches my elbow, he says "I agree with you, I think even
he would agree with you after a proper conversation, but you'll never convince him arguing like
that"