On the basis of your research, you should be able to give an objective critique of the problem in question and thus, engage in “critical thinking.”
In your paper, answer the following questions:
1. What is the atrocity in question?
2. When did it occur, and where?
3. Who was responsible?
4. For what reasons were people victimized? In other words, what is known of the reasons the perpetrators of these atrocities used as reasons to justify the atrocity they were committing against others? Why did it seem right in their minds to be doing what they were doing? Do you think they were sound reasons, or not? If not, explain why?
5. Why do you think this atrocity deserves to be considered a moral evil?
6. What should humanity learn from the occurrence of this atrocity, if anything?
[A] Begin your essay by identifying what moral atrocity you are going to consider.
[B] Write your composition, based on historical evidence.
[C] Avoid fallacies of induction, deduction, speech, written expressions, and irrelevance.
[Consult the Logic file, as needed.]
[D] Use an acceptable formatting system, such as that provided by MLA On the basis of your research, you should be able to give an objective critique of the problem in question and thus, engage in “critical thinking.”
ere people victimized? In other words, what is known of the reasons the perpetrators of these atrocities used as reasons to justify the atrocity they were committing against others? Why did it seem right in their minds to be doing what they were doing? Do you think they were sound reasons, or not? If not, explain why?
5. Why do you think this atrocity deserves to be considered a moral evil?
6. What should humanity learn from the occurrence of this atrocity, if anything?
-Do not use too many citations, or there won’t be enough room for the writing of your essay in 3 pages. The cumulative, total amount of citations in your essay should not be more than ½ of one page, or no more than about 20% of your essay.
[F] At the end of your essay, summarize what you have written in a brief paragraph.
[G] List all (at least 3) references in the bibliography at the end of your essay.
[H] Your composition should be at least three full pages in length (not including the bibliographical references to be listed at the end), double-spaced, with correct spelling and grammatical construction.
My Topic: 1838-1839: “the Trail of Tears”: approximately 15, 000 men, women, and children of the Cherokee nation were forced to leave their home east of the Mississippi, on foot, and walk about 835 miles to their new “reservation” somewhere in Oklahoma, with the result that about 4,000 died along the way, brutally, from cold, hunger and disease.