This option requires you to write your own original argument on one of the three provided topics, and then defend that argument from possible challenges. Creating an argument is simply a matter of clearly answering the questions provided under each Topic description, below, and using premises to support those answers. Defending the argument from possible challenges means identifying at least one part of your argument that a philosophically-minded person (like Socrates) might reject, describing how and why they might reject it, and then describing what you could say or demonstrate to such a person that might change their mind, causing them to instead accept your argument.
Your Creation will be graded primarily on completeness, concision, and quality. Completeness means producing an argument that actually answers ALL of the questions asked, and makes a good faith effort to support those answers. Concision means presenting your arguments in as simply and straightforward a fashion as you can, including all of the information you need to include (per completeness), but not including unnecessary information or forcing the reader to read things that ultimately don’t strengthen your position. Quality means that your answers are logically coherent, and well-defended with true or plausible premises, as we learned in class.
Your Defense will be graded primarily on clarity and quality. Clarity means presenting both the challenge to your argument and your response to that challenge in a way that the reader will be able to easily understand how and why your hypothetical challenger disagrees with you, and also easily understand how your attempt to win that challenger over to your side might appeal to them. Quality means that both the challenge and the response are are logically coherent and contain true or plausible premises, as we learned in class.
The last question is “is there a limit to how many friends a person can have?”