The Morality and Politics of Justice
The purpose of this project was not only to teach us how to critically analyze our sources of information, but to also learn how to accurately communicate our perspectives to an audience. To prepare for this project, we learned both about how to critically analyze the media and forms of communication, and how to write persuasively. We learned about the different forms of doublespeak so we can avoid them in our writing, and we learned about rhetoric and the three means of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos. After this, our next step was to begin researching our topic and develop or refine our perspective. Once our perspective was developed enough, we set out to express our topic through an art piece of our choosing.
I chose to do abortion for my current issue, which is a very sensitive issue, and I approached it with a very strong standpoint. I was afraid that an extremely important choice could be take away from me by a majority vote, and so I was against it. Through my research I developed that opinion from simply being afraid, to the perspective that a woman knows when she will be harmed by a pregnancy, mentally or physically. I decided to go even further from that in my Op-Ed and focus on how instead of making decisions right now about the legality of abortion, we should put our efforts towards scientific research. We should find out when the brain or heart of a fetus is developed enough for it to be considered human, and for the abortion to be considered murder.
The category in the Op-Ed rubric I think I was weakest in is rhetoric and argumentation. Though I completed all of the requirements, I know I was heavier in pathos than in ethos and logos. I also didn't have enough evidence as I should have, which definitely added to less ethos and logos. My issue with the art piece was perspective. My perspective was clear when I described it, but there was some confusion at the exhibition about what my perspective was. I did not spend enough time on my art project, but even if I had more time to refine, I would most likely not have changed it because I think once explained, my perspective was clear.
Paragraph 4: Future Refinement ● If you had another week to work on this project and article, what’s one change or addition you would make to both the article and visual piece to make them even more amazing?
If I had another week to work on this project, I would put much more energy into adding evidence. I was good in pathos, but because of my lack of good evidence, I was lacking in ethos and logos. If I had more time I would refine it so the evidence I do have and the evidence I would have added would flow nicely. In my art piece, I would mostly change the proportions of the woman. She was a silhouette so she was very obvious, and there were parts of her that were not as refined as I had hoped they would be.
I chose to do abortion for my current issue, which is a very sensitive issue, and I approached it with a very strong standpoint. I was afraid that an extremely important choice could be take away from me by a majority vote, and so I was against it. Through my research I developed that opinion from simply being afraid, to the perspective that a woman knows when she will be harmed by a pregnancy, mentally or physically. I decided to go even further from that in my Op-Ed and focus on how instead of making decisions right now about the legality of abortion, we should put our efforts towards scientific research. We should find out when the brain or heart of a fetus is developed enough for it to be considered human, and for the abortion to be considered murder.
The category in the Op-Ed rubric I think I was weakest in is rhetoric and argumentation. Though I completed all of the requirements, I know I was heavier in pathos than in ethos and logos. I also didn't have enough evidence as I should have, which definitely added to less ethos and logos. My issue with the art piece was perspective. My perspective was clear when I described it, but there was some confusion at the exhibition about what my perspective was. I did not spend enough time on my art project, but even if I had more time to refine, I would most likely not have changed it because I think once explained, my perspective was clear.
Paragraph 4: Future Refinement ● If you had another week to work on this project and article, what’s one change or addition you would make to both the article and visual piece to make them even more amazing?
If I had another week to work on this project, I would put much more energy into adding evidence. I was good in pathos, but because of my lack of good evidence, I was lacking in ethos and logos. If I had more time I would refine it so the evidence I do have and the evidence I would have added would flow nicely. In my art piece, I would mostly change the proportions of the woman. She was a silhouette so she was very obvious, and there were parts of her that were not as refined as I had hoped they would be.