Non-cognitivism
It will help ensure your grip on non-cognitivism if you can clearly explain why two apparent objections are not good ones. How does the non-cognitivist respond to the following charges?
- Non-cognitivism is self-defeating. It says moral claims are not truth-evaluable, so how can the non-cognitivist say that her theory is true with a straight face?
- Cultural Relativism got in trouble for being unable to account for cross-cultural moral disagreement, but at least they had an account of disagreement within a culture. Non-Cognitivism can’t account for any genuine moral disagreement at all, because having a genuine disagreement requires one party denying just what the other asserts, and if non-cognitivism is true, moral ‘statements’ don’t assert anything at all!
This is an INDIVIDUAL UPLOAD. Two short paragraphs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVzceF_IM5A&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxVlLwmMsi8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-meysDr_VA8&feature=youtu.be
2. Writing about Film in Essential Cinema
Essay 1: Writing about Film Assignment Film 100 – Spring 2019
Essay 1 Prompt: Read Chapter 10 – Writing about Film in Essential Cinema and watch one of the below
short Lilms then complete the following 2 page Essay. Your paper will consist of THREE parts.
Give a one-page summary of Chapter 10-1, 10-2b Crediting Sources and 10-2c MLA Format
• Part 1 on Chapter 10-1. This summary should cover all 4 sections: Understand the Assignment, Close
Reading and Taking Notes, Organizing and Writing, & Revising and Proofreading. What are the key
points and takeaways about each section? What is important for each writer to consider? How does
the chapter use speci<ic <ilm examples to support its main points? What are some of the new things
you learned from the reading?
• Part 2 on 10-2b Crediting Sources and 10-2c MLA Format. Discuss: What does the book state about
crediting sources? How do you know when to credit a source? What must you include in a MLA Works
Cited page? How do you cite a web publication? What do you type when you are citing a Lilm for the
Lirst time?
Write a a one-page Lilm analysis paper
• Part 3: Watch ONE of the below short Lilms:
. Breathe – Directed by Toby Meakins — https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2015/02/09/
breathe/
. Standby – Directed by Charlotte Reagan — https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2017/03/12/
standby/
. After watching one of the above Lilms, write a one-page Dilm analysis paper answering the below
questions:
. Discuss the style and aesthetics of the Lilm. How would you describe the tone and look
of the Lilm?
. Describe how is the plot structured. How is the information relayed to the audience?
Does the plot unfold chronologically or in multiple scenes? Be speciLic.
. What is the genre of the Lilm? How do you know it Lits into that genre? Describe the
characters – who are they, how would you describe their personalities, what are their
motivations. Describe the setting – where does the story take place.
. What is one of the themes the short Lilm addresses? What is the implicit and explicit
meaning of the short Lilm?
Paper Guidelines & Tips
. Do NOT give a detailed plot summary.
. You will need to watch the Lilm at least twice to be able to do this assignment well.
. Pause the Lilm as take notes while you watch it .
. Demonstrating the capacity to follow speciLically laid out guidelines is essential to getting a good
grade – no matter how much you write and how much time you spend writing it, if your essay does
not meet the assignment guidelines, you will receive a poor grade.
. This is not an evaluative essay. In other words, you are not discussing whether a <ilm is good or
not. If you start by complimenting or denigrating the Lilm, you have drifted from the guidelines of the
assignment.
. Spellcheck your essay before turning it in.
. Late Papers will be marked down a half letter grade for every day late.
