Aristotle’s philosophy

Prompt:
In a well-structured essay, develop a philosophical argument with a clear claim, at least two premises/reasons in support of the claim, and warrant explaining how the reasons support the claim, defending the position that, according to Aristotle’s philosophy, to live virtuously during the COVID19 pandemic requires one to get vaccinated and wear a mask in public. Be sure to:
specify the relevant virtue(s) these actions embody
identify the emotion(s) that correspond to these actions
carefully explain how/why these actions and the corresponding emotions embody the mean
carefully explain the relevant extremes of excess and deficiency
******In addition to the above, also carefully explain how the decision to vaccinate and mask demonstrates phronesis or practical wisdom.
Support your argument with careful reasoning and evidence from the primary text. Use of all secondary sources is prohibited, including the Introduction of the text.
All sources, references, and borrowed ideas must be properly cited. If you are using the electronic copy of the text provided in the course materials you may cite by simply identifying the relevant page number of the text (NOT the pdf file page) in parentheses at the end of the sentence before the period.

If you are using any other edition of the text, you must cite using MLA format (keep in mind there are specific guidelines for electronic sources and translated sources). Do not rely on citation managers; these often present references incorrectly; you are responsible for making sure your citations and references are properly formatted.

– Essays must directly and completely answer the question in the prompt.
– Essays must have a thesis statement presenting the claim of the argument in the opening
paragraph; the thesis’ claim should respond to the prompt directly.
– Each main idea must be given its own paragraph and no essay should have fewer than three
paragraphs.
– Essays must demonstrate the student’s original philosophical reasoning in the student’s
own voice.
– Essays must demonstrate understanding of the concepts from the text by explaining all key
terms and by avoiding inaccuracies appropriate to the essay level as follows:
not more than two minor inaccuracies and no major inaccuracies.
– Essays must demonstrate familiarity with the text by incorporating appropriate textual
support. Essays must include at least one, but not more than three, concise and relevant
quotes/paraphrases, and no lengthy quotes/paraphrases of more than three lines.
– Essays must cite all borrowed ideas, whether quoted, paraphrased, or referenced indirectly.
Use of secondary sources is prohibited.
– If you are using the electronic copies of the texts provided in the course materials, you
may cite references by simply putting the relevant page number in parentheses at the
end of the sentence before the period.
– All other sources, including different editions of the required texts must comply with MLA
citation style, both for in-text citations (see here) and works cited (see here)—no
exceptions. Keep in mind that Aristotle and Kant are both translated volumes and must
comply with the MLA requirements for presenting translated sources.

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