Instructions:
Write two separate essays (approximately 1000-1250 words each) on any two of the following topics;
Completed essays should be delivered as email attachments (Word only) [email protected];
All papers are due on or before April 20, 2017.
Each essay should apply the student’s critical insight to the assessment of ideas and arguments presented in the textbook.
Topics:
Construct an argument for or against the proposition that the actions of government are an overall source of good in contemporary Canadian society.
Construct an argument for or against the proposition that the ideas of neoliberalism are an overall source of good in contemporary Canadian society.
Construct an argument for or against the proposition that terrorism is a rational response of oppressed people to their conditions.

Construct an argument for or against the proposition that issues of gender identity and equality are merely distractions from the main problem of social justice: economic exploitation.
Construct an argument for or against the proposition that environmental degradation is a greater threat to modern civilization than any political or economic issue.
Construct an argument for or against the proposition that capitalism can be reformed in ways that will ensure its continuation and continue to avoid revolution.
Construct an argument for or against the proposition that democracy as an aspirational and a practical political process is obsolete.