Argument For and Against Prostitution
INSTRUCTIONS
Use the two attached articles on Prostitution only as your resource to develop a critical analysis
DEVELOP AN ARGUMENT
5 pages double spaced, Times Roman 12, APA
•Each reading offers a different answer. Nussbaum argues for its acceptability,
while Anderson—responding directly to Nussbaum—draws on the Kantian concept of autonomy to express reservations about prostitution.
5. The task in your essay is to analyze their academic conversation. Does the practice of prostitution expresses a threat to the value of human beings (Especially women) and/or their autonomy?
The first two pages of your paper will introduce these two contrasting views.
In the final three pages of the paper, you will offer your analysis of the debate. The basic task here is to analyze the arguments and identify gaps in the conversation. Looking at the readings, you can ask yourself:
What are the hinge points for the debate? What questions remain open? Are there any premises on either side that, if incorrect, could weaken one of the views? Are the arguments for either side sound? What should the reader think about the debate and the reasons given on either side?
Hopefully in the process of asking yourself these questions, you’ll find yourself identifying a weakness in one argument or the other, highlighting gaps in the debate (important considerations that are overlooked), or other considerations that somehow bear on the status of the debate. These types of insights will serve as your thesis in the paper; in the final three pages of the paper, you’ll argue for it.
