1. On Individual Papers
Sin 2015

2. FILENAME Use your name and the question number as the filename.
e.g. BEJwilliamsinCOFFEE.doc

3. Cover Page Your Name (Chinese & English) Student Number
Your Presentation Group
Your Paper Topic
THE QUESTION
Word Count
Date of Submission
Course Title & Code
Your Lecturer’s Name

4. Number of Words The Legal Limit is 1500 words.
You can have a 10% discretion.
Don’t exceed 1800.
Don’t be too short (e.g. less than 1200).

5. Deadline
10th August pm.
You are welcome to submit earlier than that, but NOT LATER.
TURNITIN will not accept paper beyond this time.
A Mini Grade will be deducted if your submission is late within 3 days, and a major grade within 6 days.
Your paper will not be graded if it is submitted a WEEK after the deadline.

6. TURNITIN Percentage
Remember to check the percentage of similarity using the Turnitin.
Please make sure that it is not more than 25%.
Acceptable range of similarity is around 15%.
Worrying range: 25 or above%.

7. References
There must be a reference section in your paper. (And yet, merely with a reference section is not enough to prove that you have not plagiarized material from other sources.)
It is acceptable to quote my ppt and your fellow students’ ideas on the Blogs. (But it is never acceptable to use without quotation and publishing details.)

8. Proofreading You should always proofread your work.
Beware of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.
Beware of typos.
Check and double check your grammar.
Make sure that you have not written wrongly of the name of philosophers – such as the difference between surname and first name.
E.g. Milton Friedman, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, etc.
No matter how many times you re-read your paper, you can always improve it further.

9. Introduction Don’t start from 道德經.
Don’t start from the nature of morality.
Explain the question and its keywords.
Show the readers your plan of arguments (how you plan to convince your readers).
What is your overall position?

10. Argument Do you know what is an Argument?
Do you know how to put forward an argument and defend it?
Do you know how to argue against a certain position?

11. -------------------------------------------
Reason
Premise 1
Premise 2
Conclusion
Or: Premise 1; premise 2. Conclusion.

12. Avoid Making Sweeping Statements
All men are selfish.
Ethics are subjective anyway.
There is no answer to ethical debates. …

13. Avoid Being One-Sided Always give your opponents a fair hearing.
Beware of Straw-Man Fallacy.
Your argument would be more convincing if you defeated plausible positions.

14. Most important of all, avoid plagiarism.

15. Remember to … Proofread the paper Use a Cover Page
On the Cover Page (Your Name, Question, my name, the course title, number of words, etc.)
Sum up your position in the opening
Explain the plan of your essay
Don’t write longer than 1800

16. Don’t be late
Don’t plagiarize
Don’t use ANY point form/ Don’t make it like a powerpoint import
Use double line spacing
Write a continuous paper. Add only a line of space between sections.
Use Times New Roman
Add Page Number at the Bottom Right Hand Corner