Pick ONE question and answer it in 3000 words. Use a minimum of 5 sources.
Essay Questions
- Can war be ethical despite the destruction it causes?
- Can Humanitarian intervention be justified?
- Is Terrorism ever morally justified?
- Are human rights a global ethical standard or an ideological imposition?
- Is there an ethical responsibility to tackle poverty and injustice? Who holds this duty?
- Can it be just that our world is so unequal and so many live in severe poverty?
- Is the nation-state undermined by a focus on individual rights?
- Is there an ethical duty to tackle climate change? Who holds this duty?
- Is it justified for states to close their borders to refugees and/or migrants?
- Can the liberal order be preserved and redeemed through international law?
- Should we have completely open borders?
- Is the nation state adequate to address the ethical dilemmas of contemporary world politics?
- Can cosmopolitanism be a moral alternative to the exclusivity of the nation- state?
Assessment Criteria
Essays will be assessed on a variety of criteria. These include:
- The extent to which an argument has been provided in response to the question
- The extent to which the argument is well supported with accurate and insightful use of evidence from the work of academic scholars
- The extent of understanding of complex theories and concepts
- The quality and clarity of the analysis and evaluation of the theories and concepts.
- The use of good referencing
- The extent to which the material is written clearly, fluently and with correct grammar and spelling
