Assignment: Submit Your Midterm Formal Argument (and a List of Unacceptable Argu

Assignment: Submit Your Midterm Formal Argument (and a List of Unacceptable Arguments)As I discussed earlier in this module, your formal argument is the basis for both the abstract and the structure of your overall position paper in philosophy. In Chapters 2 and 3 of Asking the Right Questions, these are discussed as the conclusion and the reasons for your conclusion to be true. To be clear, in philosophy:Your Conclusion = The Prescriptive Thesis of Your PaperYour Premises = The Reasons that Make Your Conclusion/Thesis TrueAs you can see in the model papers I provided earlier, a formal argument looks Formal ArgumentPremise 1: Having citizens that are college educated benefits society as it allows for employees to engage in highly skilled labor, thus furthering the general economy.Premise 2: Many American college students get into significant financial debt due to the high tuition rates of America’s colleges and universities.Premise 3: The high rate of American college tuition rates limits the number of people from lower-income backgrounds from attaining a college education, thus worsening the social and economic gap within our society between low- and high- income populations.Conclusion: Therefore, I argue that college education in the United States should be free.Please notice that:1. ALL sentences are complete sentences.2. EACH premise and Conclusion is ONE sentence — no more.3. It is clear the conclusion is prescriptive because:it uses one of the prescriptive indicator words: should, need, must, ought toit states a clear action the author believes should be taken.Unacceptable argumentsThere are some arguments that I have read about many, many, many times, meaning, over 300 papers on each topic. So, I have decided to no longer accept arguments on these concepts. It is in your best interests as you are in a better position to present something to a professor that they have already read about many times over. So, I ask that you not write arguments regarding the following issues:gun controlbullyingeuthanasiadeath penalty/capital punishmentschool uniformsabortionrecreational marijuanageneral climate change (if you really want to do this, choose something very specific)Your assignment is to now present the formal argument for your midterm essay.Before you do so, please note the following tips:Your conclusion should be something that everyone does NOT agree on as the answer to your prescriptive issue. If everyone agrees to it, then, it is not a philosophical/argumentative paper. We are doing a Prescriptive paper. Therefore, your Conclusion must have one of the following words: should, need, must, ought to.For example, I have had many students present a conclusion like: “Therefore, I argue that everyone should have equal rights.” That would be considered a poor conclusion. Why? Because everyone for the most part agrees with this conclusion.A BETTER conclusion related to this topic might be:– “Therefore, I argue that we need stronger education, training, and qualification standards for our police officers that are enforced at a federal level.”Or…– “Therefore, I argue that we need to address racism in urban design.”Or…– “Therefore, I argue that we need to eliminate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).”And YES, this requires that you do some research BEFORE you write your formal argument.Think of a premise as a topic sentence for a body paragraph. Topic sentences represent the main idea behind the paragraph. Thus, premises are NOT sentences with specific evidence or data. This information would serve as the supporting ideas under the premise/topic sentence.Premises are NOT opinions! Therefore, premises should NOT contain words like “should,” “must,” “ought to,” or any other language that refers to a person opinion or value preference.Supporting information should only be listed in one place. So, if you have premises that would use the same supporting ideas underneath them, one of them should probably be deleted as it repeats ideas.If you cannot think of at least three supporting ideas to put under your premise to support your argument, it probably should not be a premise.This is NOT a pro-con paper! It is a philosophy position paper. The only place that you should discuss any idea that opposes your conclusion will be in the counterarguments, NOT in your premises. Therefore, each of your premises should strengthen your conclusion/thesis. If it doesn’t, it probably should not be there.