Analysis of health

ANALYSIS OF HEALTHYour job is to discuss the concept of healthin some way that helps us understand it a little bit better.The concept of healthis one that we all grasp, but it is so complex, malleable, and multi-faceted that there is always something to learn by examining the concept (and how people use it) more carefully. Moreover, I would suggest that having clearer ideas about healthhelps us to understand better when we or others talk about health (because the idea in our minds will be more precise).Healthprobably isnotthe kind of thing about which there is ONE CORRECT IDEA that we can have. One reason for this is that there is so much to healththat no one person can possibly grasp it all (e.g., modern medicine is a highly specialized field; additionally, health is a concept that applies to humans, animals, plants, societies,ecosystems,etc., and nobody is an expert on all these things). Another reason is that we humans, to some extent, determine for ourselves what healthis (e.g., we have to determine what metrics to use to assess whether something or someone is healthy). Since there is no ONE CORRECT IDEA of healthfor all people at all times, it’s a concept that needs constant evaluation and re-assessment. That’s why I’m sure that you can find a contribution to make to our understanding of health.INSTRUCTIONSYour job is to write a relatively short analysis of some aspect of the concept of health. By ‘some aspect,’ I mean that you can focus your discussion pretty narrowly. You don’t need to have a whole theory of health–just something that makes the idea somewhat clearer in some way (so, e.g., if we were analyzing the concept of nature, you could focus on something as specific as the economic effects of current USDA regulation of egg sales, if you wanted, as long as doing so allowed you to comment on the concept of naturein some clear way in the end).Youranalysisshould be about 1000-1500 wordslong, with a readable font(e.g., Garamond), 11-12 size, roughly 1 in. margins, etc.Your analysis will be posted to a discussion board on Canvas where it can receive feedbackfrom your peers. (It will also receive feedback from me, which your peers cannotsee.)Your analysis should do the following (and will be graded accordingly):(1) THESIS AND REASONS (5%): The paper should provide a clear thesis statementthat (A) states the conclusion do you want to establish, and (B) states the main reasons why your reader should accept the conclusion.It might look like this: “I think that bioethics is really cool. I think this because of A, B, and C.”
(2) ARGUMENT (75%): The paper should developthree good reasons why the thesis is true. This is your argumentfor your conclusion.These reasons should be the ones you identify in the thesis statement. It’s a good idea to structure the paper like this:Introduction: Thesis statement (conclusion + main reasons in support)Re-state reason 1. Then, explain and support reason 1.Re-state reason 2. Then, explain and support reason 2.Re-state reason 3. Then, explain and support reason 3.Optional (for this paper): consider a reason (or reasons) why someone might reject your thesis, and defend your thesis against these reasons –you can do this in its own section, or you can do it in the supporting sections above.Conclusion: Re-state your thesis.(3) PARAGRAPHING (10%): The paper should make use of paragraphing to make the structure of the argument clear. The introduction and conclusions should be their own (short) paragraphs. The supporting reasons should also get their own paragraphs. These paragraphs will have clear topic sentences (where you re-state your reason) and grow from there.The basic idea is that the structure of the paper should follow the logic of the argument.(4) PROOFREADING (5%): The paper should be polished and mostly free of grammatical, spelling, and usage errors.(5) WORKS CITED AND USE OF TEXTS (5%): Although using external sources is not strictlyrequired for this assignment, wheneveryou make use of somebody else’s ideas (to agree, disagree, or just mention them), you will need a works cited page and citations in your text. If use someone else’s work but fail to provide a works cited page, you may fail the assignment

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