Confucianism In The Modern World: Religion

Guideline for the Paper Assignment

For the paper assignment, you have an option to select ONE topic that you like to write your paper among the four of them listed on Canvas: “Confucianism in the Modern World,” “Two Approaches to Human Nature by Mencius and Xunzi,” “The Concept of the Dao in the Ancient Chinese Philosophy” and “The Concept of Li in the Confucian Tradition.” Each topic has four research articles that you will use while writing your paper. It would be the best of your interest to first read through these articles to make sure that you are interested in writing your paper on that particular topic. All of the articles listed for this paper assignment has its own arguments and distinct approaches to what they are written on. In your paper, (1) you need to identify the arguments of all four articles. (2) You need to compare and contrast to the arguments of the articles. If there are disagreements between two authors, you need to say it and explain the points of their disagreements. Finally, (3) you need to assess the arguments of each article. In this part, you can provide textual or rational evidence. This will be the part that I need to see your voice which means what is your thought on this topic after reading different views of scholars.

You also need to pay attention to writing your paper in an essay format, which means you need to have a thesis statement in the first paragraph. The main idea of the paper is clearly stated in the first paragraph. Avoid summarizing each article one by one. In your paper, I should see that you and the other four articles are having a conversation about the topic at hand.

Citation:

Use in-text citation when you either directly quote or paraphrase from any of the research articles or outside sources if it is applicable. Exp: (Last Name of the Author, page number, such as Puett, p. 34).

Plagiarism:

The software ‘turnitin' which automatically detects plagiarism is on for this paper assessment. If you have any concern about avoiding plagiarism, you can ask for help from the Writing Center of University of Iowa or come to see me.

Format:

Your paper should not be shorter than a double-spaced four pages with 12 font and not be longer than six pages.

4 source optional one on the line