Essay 1 for 190 points
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan: Critiquing the Pathologies of Nutritionism
In a 1,000 word essay, develop a thesis that critiques nutritionism, exposing its fallacies and mythologies and revealing the way nutritionism deludes and cripples the average consumer. Use no fewer than 2 sources.
Essay 2 for 190 points
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner: Exploring Mythologies of Happiness
In a 4-page research paper, 1,000 words, critique the idea of happiness, its mythologies and fallacies. Use personal examples to illustrate your points. Use no fewer than 2 sources
Essay 3 for 190 points
It’s Beginning to Hurt by James Lasdun: Logical Fallacies of Love and the Irrational Mind:
In an 1,000-word essay, write an extended definition of The Irrational Mind or Irrational Love. Refer to no fewer than 2 stories. Use no fewer than 2 sources.
Essay 4 for 250 points
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl: Argumentation, Refutation
In a 1,000-word essay (4 pages), address the following in an argumentative essay:
Many argue that Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning is worthy manifesto that champions meaning as the antidote to the universal affliction, the existential vacuum. On the other hand, some critics dismiss Frankl’s message, arguing that meaning, as Frankl presents it, is the product of strict moral and religious dogma disguising itself as universal meaning; that Frankl’s critieria for meaning, Herculean in scope, is nearly impossible to adhere to; that unrealistic expectations for “Absolute Meaning” will lead to disappointment; that the obsessive search for meaning can be a neurosis that impedes us from living fully; and that, contrary to VK’s Gospel of Meaning, there are virtues, pleasures, and satisfactions from living a life in the existential vacuum and moral relativism that escape a rigid dogmatist such VK.
In an argumentative essay, evaluate the defenders and critics of VK and develop a thesis that takes one of the two positions.
Include no fewer than 3 research sources for your Works Cited page.
Grading
Four 1,000-word Research Papers (about 4 typed pages):
First 3 are 190 points each
Last essay is 250 points
6 333-word quizzes are 180 points
Grand Total: 1,000
Writing Word Total: 6,000
Grand Point Total: 1,000 points. 900 is A. 800 is B. 700 is C. 600 is D.
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