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Assignment: Argumentative/Personal Responsibility essay.

Write an argumentative essay of four full typed pages (double spaced)that answers an ethical question pertaining to one of these topics:

• Does the government have a right to collect whatever information it wants, to use however it sees fit?

• To what extent does the government have a right to collect information about its citizens?

• What rights and responsibilities do Food companies have when it comes to labeling?

• What responsibilities does Facebook have in monitoring their web pages? Address safety and security concerns.

As always, the answer to the question--your thesis--should be defended with three topics.

Evaluation criteria follow:

Ethical Choices: Student thoroughly discusses at least two sides of an ethical choice to be made.

• Decision Making: Student states a position on the issue based on at least three points and offers an opposing view and counterargument supported with database sources.

• Consequences: Student identifies consequences anddemonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the scope, complexity, and/or magnitude of the consequences.

• Evidence: Student includes a Works Cited page that lists at least three database sources. The body of the essay includes a total of at four citations from sources.

The essay should demonstrate the following ENGL 1301 outcomes:

• College level spelling and punctuation skills
• MLA format for margins, header, personal information, paragraph indention, double spacing
• In-text citations
• Works Cited page
• Clearly stated thesis statement
• Topic sentences that flows from thesis statement
• Sentence variety
• No egregious grammar mistakes.