Day: March 19, 2021

A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen

March 19, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), History

A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen required text

Write a general response paper in which you respond to the text, what stood out, important events, etc. The format of
this paper (in terms of what you wish to discuss) is generally up to you, giving you more creative freedom. Do not
summarize the text. Briefly introducing the book is one thing, but this is not a book report. Essentially, a response
paper requires a response to the text and its significance. What is crucial when writing a response paper is to be
specific (avoid general comments about how the book made you feel, such as This part was sad. Why was it sad?
Be specific and descriptive). The point of this response paper is to analyze, and possibly question the text. I am
looking for more than just a summary of points you find interesting-go beyond the broad outline and dig deeper into
the history of disability in the United States. Below are a few questions to keep in mind when organizing your paper:
1) What is the significance of this text?
2) Kim Nielsen quotes fellow historian Linda Kerber: The myth of the lone individual is a trope, a rhetorical
device. In real life no one is self-made; few are truly alone (xiii). How have individualism and the
concept of the self-made man shaped American culture? Have they affected the way we view persons
with disabilities and people from other minority groups?
3) While writing about the amorphous definition of disability, Nielsen writes: Disability is not the story of
someone else. It is our story, the story of someone we love, the story of who we are or may become, and it
is undoubtedly the story of our nation. It is, quite simply, the American story in all of its
complexities (xiii). How does disability overlap with other identity categories, such as race, gender, and
sexual orientation? Is disability a more diverse or harder to define category than these other groups?
4) How did the definition of disability determine who was granted full citizenship, who was educated, and
who was not? Were women, Native Americans, and enslaved people considered effectively disabled?
Why?

philosophy( Test 3: Answer the questions)

March 19, 2021 Leave a comment How to Cite When citing an author, just quote the text, footnote it, and reference the author and the title of the piece you’re, Philosophy

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Do not write your name in the test itself just your student ID.
The lengths for each answer will d But the total number of words should not exceed 1600.
Footnotes should be used for citations only.
All you need to answer these questions are the texts and your note I discourage you from using any outside sources. But if you do, make sure to cite them.
Though you are free to discuss answers to these questions with your classmates, the written material must be your own and stated in your own words. Any suspected plagiarism will be submitted to the Academic Integrity Office.
Failure to follow all of these directions will result in a penalty.

How to Cite
When citing an author, just quote the text, footnote it, and reference the author and the title of the piece youre quoting from. For example:

1 Buchanan, Allen Theories of Secession, p.35

If the next citation uses the same source and but a different page, just write ibid. followed by the new page number. So, for example, suppose in footnote 2, you again want to cite something  Buchanan said in Theories of Secession but this time, from p. 40. Because in footnote 1 you already cited the author and paper, you can just write:

2 ibid., p.40

If after this you cite a different author, do so in full (as in the example of footnote 1). If after that you once again cite Buchanan, you do so in full.

 
Test Questions
Answer all questions.

1. Robert Fullinwider criticizes Judith Thomsons principle that innocent, involuntary beneficiaries can bear compensatory duties. He does this by arguing that it yields counterintuitive results in his Driveway example. A) Explain this example. B) Describe Daniel Butts strategy for defending that principle against Fullinwiders criticisms. C) What relevance does this exchange have to the ethics of affirmative action?

2. A) Describe what George Hull calls the Wrong People argument against affirmative action. B) Explain how the distinction he draws between compensation and rectification is supposed to address the Wrong People argument. In doing so, be sure to explain what compensation and rectification are.

3. one argument in favor of open borders is that unrestricted immigration will typically yield a net benefit to the economy of the country accepting the immigrants. Chandran Kukathas (in his article The Case for Open Borders’) thinks that this argument is inadequate. A) Explain his reasoning. Kukathas admits that some will end up doing worse economically as a result of open borders. B) Why does he think this fails to provide a decisive reason against open borders? C) Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

The test is answering the questions listed above. No plagiarism please. and you don’t have to write the beginning and conclusion paragraph. Simply just answering the question will be enough. Readings and reading outlines are related to the question by author’s name.