Florida Atlantic University Wealth and Religion Debate Presentation

Assignment Description

Persuasive Value Presentation (4-5 minutes): Students prepare a 4-5 minute presentation that persuades the audience that a certain practice in contemporary United States society is morally right or wrong. This presentation will persuade the student audience of the value of a specific practice (good vs. bad, moral vs. immoral, right vs. wrong) based on a philosophical or religious way of thinking, exploring ethical concepts.

The practice you examine can be an action, pattern of behavior, policy, or law. Choose something that is currently debated as controversial and will interest the student audience. Defend the practice as right or wrong using ethical arguments that are religious or philosophical in nature. Draw support for your viewpoint by applying the ethical framework of Pope Francis, Marti Kheel, Exodus 20, Qu’ran 6 &17, Benjamin Franklin, or Susan Wolf (choose one) and discussing evidence from 2 reputable outside sources.

In this presentation, you will defend your chosen practice as right or wrong. Then, in the next course presentation, you will persuade the audience to take some action regarding it (change their behavior, support a new law, etc.). So, you can keep that in mind in choosing a topic.