Distinguish the positions of various authors in an effort to answer the question: According to the texts, “What is a fair start?”
Distinguish the positions of various authors in an effort to answer the question: According to the texts, “What is a fair start?”
How to attack the prompt
You can presume that all the authors have the same goal: to provide a fair and equitable distribution of opportunities, wealth, and income. As we discussed, though, these authors do not agree, so, you should select ideas that represent the range of positions in the texts.
That means you will have to *analyze* (select, explain, and place into context) ideas from authors which help “cover” all the ideas built into the question, including – “What is fairness?”, “What is justice?”, and “Where is the ‘start?'” and perhaps even, “How much (in)equality is okay?”.
READING LIST. YOU MUST USE FIVE TOTAL SOURCES, AS FOLLOWS:
Required: PBS Justice with Michael Sandel: “What is a Fair Start” – video lecture
Plus, pick four sources from the following:
Jen Doll, “Why Does It Feel Like Everyone Has More Money Than You” – Harper’s Bazaar
Stephen Aguilar, “The Language of Privilege Doesn’t Work,” Inside Higher Ed
John Marsh, “Why Education Is not an Economic Panacea,” 912-19, everything’s an argument
Stanley Fish, “Fair is Fair,” 948-50, everything’s an argument
Andrew Kohut, “Don’t Mind the Gap,” pp. 945-46, everything’s an argument
Hubbell Biffar, “What’s a Fair Society Look Like,” com
Anthony P. Carnevale et al, “Born to Win, Schooled to Lose”
20FA ONLINE Eng 1A Writing Proj 2 details – What’s a Fair Start
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