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University Community Presented in the Coddling of the American Mind

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It is due within two days, so I want to get a file and we can revise it again.
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This my final essay for my class , so please review all attached files that I uploaded.
and follow the direction carefully and need to have a good score.

 

PS11C : Introduction to Political Science: Micropolitics
Winter 2020
PAPER TOPICS
The paper does not require special research. Rather, you must synthesize and analyze a subset of the assigned readings in order to cast light on one of the following four topics. If you write a "brilliant" paper on a topic other than one of those assigned, if you draw an important part of your argument from articles and/or books not used in this course, or if you do not demonstrate understanding of the appropriate required readings, you will receive an "F."
Your essay will be seven to twelve pages long (typed, double spaced), and handed in to your section leader in the lecture hall at 10:30 am, Tuesday, March 17th: the scheduled time for the beginning of the final exam. In addition, the paper must be uploaded to Turnltln.com by midnight on March 17, 2020. (The attached sheet provides details on how to do so.) The paper will be down-graded one full level (e.g., from B+ to C+) for each day it is late.
The following questions define topics around which the paper may be organized. Regardless of the topic you choose, your paper must include short citations and identify the author’s last name and page numbers.
1. John Stuart Mill provides a robust and detailed argument for virtually unlimited freedom of speech. Lukianoff and Haidt are deeply concerned about trends in contemporary America which reduce freedom of speech. Describe and analyze major differences and similarities of view between Mill and Lukianoff-Haidt. Be sure to illustrate your points with concrete examples and arguments from both books.
2. What kind of university community do Lukianoff and Haidt describe? How do the views of community presented by Locke and Rousseau, the understanding of class presented by Marx and Engels, and the theory of Hirschman relate to the understanding of young Americans presented in The Coddling of the American Mind? Be sure to illustrate your points with concrete examples and arguments from the assigned readings.
3. How can Hirschman’s theory of exit, voice and loyalty add understanding to the analysis of contemporary American trends identified by Lukianoff and Haidt? Can Hirschman help explain the key findings of The Coddling of the American Mind? Can his analysis deepen our understanding of what is happening on American campuses? Can his analysis provide a more telling understanding of what is happening on American campuses? Be sure to illustrate your points with concrete examples and arguments.
4. Individualism and corporatism are ways of conceptualizing the relationships between individuals and the societies in which they are embedded. Locke, Rousseau, Mill and Marx/Engels provide theories of individualism or corporatism. How do these theories fit with Lukianoff and Haidt’s description of contemporary America? Be sure to illustrate your points with concrete examples and arguments.

 

Directions for Submitting Final Essay - Political Science 11C: Winter 2020 FINAL ESSAY DUE TUESDAY MARCH 17TH 010:30 AMStep 1 - Review All the Instructions
It is your responsibility to ensure that you read, understand, and follow the submission procedures well in advance.
In addition to this submission guide, we uploaded a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document under the “File” tab on the course canvas page. Please consult the FAQ document before emailing your TA.
Step 2 - Submit Assignment to Course Canvas Page Go to https://canvas.eee.uci.edu/
Log onto the course canvas page with your UCINetID
Click on the "Assignment” and then “Final Essay” link.
Step 3 - Submitting a Paper (Note: don’t forget to ALSO submit a hard copy in person by 3/17/2020 @ 10:30am in the lecture hall SSH 100)
To submit a paper, click the "Submit" button.
File Upload is the default option.
Click "Choose File” to select your file
Click “Submit Assignment” to upload your paper.
We accept MS Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, PostScript, HTML, plain text (.txt)
Step 4 - Submitting a Paper Confirmation
The paper you chose to submit will appear above the “Submit Assignment” button. Look over all the information and make sure that it is correct.
After you confirm your submission, you will see a digital receipt on the right-hand corner of the page.
More so, you can view your Turnitin scores by clicking the “Submission Details” link. Use the opportunity to double check your work to ensure that you have given credit wherever it is due. We’d like to avoid instances of accidental plagiarism.
Notify your TA immediately if you encounter any problem. Don’t forget
to also hand in a hard copy in the lecture hall SSH 100 on Tuesday March17th at 10:30AM!

 

Frequently Asked Questions1I. LengthThe papers should be approximately seven to twelve pages. We encourage you to write a paper that is exactly as long as is necessary in order to discuss the required elements and no longer. Some students write in a verbose style and others write tersely. Whatever the case, padding a paper to reach an arbitrary page count will not be beneficial to your overall grade on the paper, and could lead to a poorer paper and loss of points.II. ContentYou are not required to bring in outside materials. All you need to do is analyze the reading materials and use them to make a coherent argument.III. General Formatting• You aren’t supposed to use sources outside of what we’ve read for class, so citing them won’t be an issue. When you cite the authors from this course, you can just put the author’s name and the page number in parentheses, like this: (Mill, p. 28)• Please heed these few general formatting expectations:o Font: Standard (examples: Arial, Helvetica, Lucida, Times New Roman, Verdana, or Palatino)o Font Size: 12 pointo Margins: 1 inch for all marginso Line-Spacing: 2.0 (Double)o Page Numbers: number all pages (leaving title page un-numbered is fine)o Headers: Pages should have headers.• We accept MS Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, PostScript, HTML, plain text (.txt)IV. Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation• If errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, or style detract or negatively impact our ability to read and understand your central points and ideas, points would be deducted. It is not our intent to focus on these aspects, however. If the paper is mostly error-free and easily readable, the mechanics will have very little impact on your grade. But, if your paper contains many errors, misspellings, grammatically incorrect sentences, or other problems, we will deduct points. The standard for the paper is well-written academic or conversational English prose. The choice depends on your voice and style, but in either case, careful attention should be paid to such mechanics.1 Acknowledgement: Samuel Elkund, John Emery, and James Hull• There is no stated preference for the first-person active voice (e.g. In this paper Idemonstrate that cherries are tasty) or the third person passive voice (e.g. In this paper itis shown that cherries are tasty). This is largely a matter of disciplinary custom andopinion. We will happily grade a paper written in either style, though you should takecare to select one or the other and use it consistently, or to mix and match only sparingly.• In this essay, you might use terms specific to the details of the various authors, like“general will” or “proletariat.” Don’t use terms like these without first saying what theyare. Additionally, there should be some logical progression in how your paragraphsfollow from one another.• If you need resources for this, I’d recommend the following link:https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/5/ Or if you’d like to meet with someone inperson, UCI offers a service to help students with the mechanics of writing:http://www.writingcenter.uci.edu/V. Required Sections• ALL papers should at a minimum must have the following parts:o A Title Page/Section Should include: Title Your Name Your Student ID number Main Body This section may be divided into any number of subsections, Introduction and Conclusion At the start of your paper, lay out the form your argument will take. Let usknow what evidence from what authors you plan to show and how it willsupport your thesis. And at the end, summarize your main points to remind usof what your argument in the paper was and how you supported it. Thesis This paper asks you to take a specific stance on an issue, regardless of whattopic you choose. Your thesis statement should explicitly state what yourposition is, and how you plan to defend it. “Rousseau tells us about Haidt andLukianoff’s argument” is a vague thesis statement. Here’s a more specific one(using an author we haven’t read so you can’t steal it): “Lukianoff and Haidt’sidea that it is better to allow children to face and overcome hardshipcontradicts Ginsburg and Jablow’s proposal that young people should avoidrisky behavior.” Even though you probably don’t know about Ginsburg and Jablow’s work,you can see that this thesis statement says something specific about histhought and ties it in to a specific aspect of the Coddling of the AmericanMind. For more information on how to write a strong thesis statement:https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/ Textual Support If you make a claim that “Lukianoff and Haidt believes x” or “Rousseauproposes y”, back those claims up with textual evidence. That doesn’t meangiant block quotes to back up every single point, but if you make a claimabout what an author believes, you should be able to point to somethingconcrete in the text that justifies that claim. Clear explanation of Lukianoff and Haidt’s thesis and the argument of otherauthors All the prompts ask you to connect Lukianoff and Haidt’s argument to theideas of other authors we’ve studied in this course. Before you tie these authors together, you should either start with a realworld problem/puzzle or explain their argument and provide some context fortheir argument; it would provide your readers vital background informationthey need to understand your argument. Imagine your parents or friends not in this course reading this essay. If youstart arguing about ways to apply Locke’s ideas to Haidt and Lukianoff’sargument without first giving them any information about what those authorsbelieved, they’d be confused about what you’re even talking about. If you imagine this essay like a building, your argument consists of the topfloors, but for it to coherently stand, you need to have a firm foundation. Andintroducing a puzzling and laying out the relevant beliefs of the authors isthat foundation.• Application of other authors to Haidt and Lukianoff’s arguments This is the part of the paper that evaluates your argument. The earliercategory was about you explaining what the views of the authors were. Thiscategory here is centered around linking specific parts of the other authors tospecific points in Lukianoff and Haidt’s argument in order to answer thequestion posed by the prompt. To get full credit for this section, you should be specific in your argument forhow exactly the other authors either do or don’t line up with the Coddling ofthe American Mind.VI. Paraphrasing vs. Direct quotes• Uncommon cases, information, figures, and ideas from other sources must be either a.)adequately paraphrased and cited or b.) directly quoted and cited.• Do not rely too heavily on direct quotes. A paper that is composed of multiple longquotes without extensive interpretation and original synthesis or analysis of what hasbeen quoted will result in a very poor score.VII. Originality• Lastly, even with good paraphrasing and minimal direct quotes, you should ensure thatyour paper contains a substantial quantity of your own original thought and is not a mererecycling in different language of others’ work. It’s fine to cite other’s work extensively,as long as that’s not the only thing you do throughout the entire paper. For moreguidance, read about the “Plagiarism Spectrum,” especially the “Aggregator” type.• Please be extra careful to avoid submitting a paper that spends a large volume of spacesummarizing and discussing only one or two other research reports without contributingmuch original thought or writing. We call such papers “copies of copies,” and we thinkyou would agree that nobody wants to read a rehashing of somebody else’s paper whenwe could just read that paper. Your paper should reflect some original ideas or syntheses.VIII. TurnItIn and Plagiarism• Software will be used to detect papers that may contain large quantities of directlyquoted or unquoted material with or without proper attribution. A high matchpercentage will not by itself be grounds for penalty but will flag a paper for closerinspection. Avoiding such scrutiny by writing your own original paper is the simpleroute. Please remember – we will handle all TurnItIn transactions. You simply submityour work to canvas.• Papers that are found to include even small acts of plagiarism – whether intentional or"accidental" – will be penalized up to the full point total for this assignment. Anythingother than a minor slip up (example: a single in-text citation that is out of place) will alsobe grounds for a charge of academic dishonesty.• Please review the information at https://aisc.uci.edu/Links to an external site. along withthe extensive course materials on attribution.• Claiming the work of others as your own, or taking credit for it, is dishonest andundermines the values of the entire community at this University. For your own benefitand that of all scholars, plagiarism will not be tolerated.IX. Deadline• We will work strictly according to the deadline listed on the syllabus (March 17th, 2020at 10:30am)• Deliverableso #1 = Submit Paper. Submit your properly formatted paper to your TA at thelecture hall on the due date at 10:30am.o #2 = Submit Softcopy to the course canvas under assignment tab midnight onMarch 17th.• No Extensions will be granted. Please do not request deadline extensions or waiver of theabove requirements before or after the deadline. We would not accommodate suchrequests even if you want to do so due to the very short time frame. It is yourresponsibility alone to ensure that you read, understand, and follow the submissionprocedures well in advance.

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University Community Presented in the Coddling of the American Mind
The American society has experienced several generational changes, with each presenting varying characteristics in their approach to the social life. This changing approach has been occasioned by the traumatic events that have instilled fear among people, making them more cautious about what they say and do. Several authors have attempted to explain this chain of events, with some, such as Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, advocating for a change in the communal approach to the way children should be brought up. The two philosophers advocate for a community where learners should be allowed to express their ideas more freely. They argue that protecting or preventing these young people from freely expressing themselves may cause “micro-aggressions,” which may result into disastrous actions. These actions have been reported in several states around the country and despite the frequency, stakeholders appear clueless on tackling the main problem.
Lukianoff and Haidt express their minds in the article published in The Atlantic entitled “The Coddling of the American Mind,” where they argue that students are continuously becoming reactive to words, books, images, and speakers. This reaction, characterized by fear and anger, emanates from the ideas that they have been taught about exaggerating danger, allowing their emotions to rule them and engaging in binary thinking. They have been taught not to entertain anything that makes them uncomfortable and offended. In their protest against censoring words and ideas especially for college students, Lukianoff and Haidt employ several practical examples that the society has experienced, such as bullying and shootings. Shielding these learners from any ideas or words that may seem offensive creates an extra-thin skin in them and fails to prepare them for life after graduation. The society is changing its approach to ideas and virtues and repackaging them to appeal to the new generation. For example, in 2013, the Department of Justice and Education expanded the definition of sexual harassment to include any verbal behavior that is perceived as “unwelcome” (Lukianoff & Jonathan 5). Therefore, everyone can rely on their own personal emotions to decide on whether a remark passed against them is annoying and can use this feeling to lay claim for harassment. This change meant that people could use their emotional reasoning as evidence. For example, students have been programmed to use their emotions as a defense in administrative proceedings. This mode of thinking gives way to feelings of entitlement among the learners. The students have been taught to embrace the word deserve, rather than earn. Parents feel obligated to give the children anything they want and not to reprimand them. The situation has continued to deteriorate to a level that inflicting any form of pain to the child in form of a punishment is unwelcome and one can be sued. Lukianoff and Haidt use the analogy of a woman who is afraid of elevators and cannot use them. They state that in order to train the woman to get used to the elevator, it is important that she is occ...
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