Respond to The Moral Dilemma of Climate Change 

Respond to The Moral Dilemma of Climate Change 

Respond to The Moral Dilemma of Climate Change at the top of page 440. Should we pay now to try and rein in global warming and its awful effects, or should we let our kids pay? Do we have moral obligations to future generations, to people who don’t yet exist? If we do have obligations to them, how much should we sacrifice now to do our duty?

There is a discussion board for each essay in which you will post your essay and reply. For each assignment, you will have a choice amongst topics to write about.

You’ll write four essays total this term, 350-500 words each. Please note: You must submit your essays to TWO (2) separate places for grading and review:

1. The Essay Discussion Board (via a new thread)
2. The Essay Dropbox (via Turnitin)

⁞ Instructions

STEP 1 – Once you choose which question you’d like to write about, compose your essay in the body of a thread you start in the discussion board.

To start a thread, use the pull-down menu next to the board’s name, then click the “Create Thread” button. To be able to read and respond to others’ posts, you will first need to publish your own post. Your first post is the one that will be graded–a blank post WILL be graded if it is your first post in the board. You can save your post as a draft, but it will not be published for students to view, nor will it be queued for grading until you click the “Submit” button.

When you refresh the board, after you publish your post, it will allow you to view everyone’s posts. If you hover your cursor at the bottom of a post, the button to reply to that student’s post will appear.

NOTE: As you are writing, copy-paste your essay into a Word document.

STEP 2 – Use your textbook to help you respond to the topic, and when you quote and summarize from the course texts, include information about the page reference.

NOTE: You are discouraged from using additional sources. If you do choose to use an outside source, be sure to cite your source, just as you do when you use the course texts. If you use a quotation or an example from a website, cite the website’s URL and the date accessed.

STEP 3 – Once you are ready for your classmates to read your work, click “Post” to publish the thread containing your essay.

STEP 4 – Then go to the Turnitin Dropbox section in Blackboard and post your Word document into the dropbox.

STEP 5 – Finally, read one of your classmate’s posts. A complete assignment includes your written response to at least one essay besides your own–part of your score is based on your reply to at least one of your classmate’s posts.