The aim should be to provide your own criticisms and arguments (rather than mere opinions) in response to the arguments that are provided in the required reading. Make sure to keep referencing the texts you use by page numbers, for each point from the papers that you address. Of course, you shouldn’t try to address every point; rather, you should try to determine which points are most important, for the arguments of the whole essay, and most susceptible to criticism, or might be helped out by being further defended. Think carefully about how to structure your paper, and provide the reader with a clear sense of that structure in the introduction. You should first write a rough draft of the essay, and give yourself plenty of time to carefully and critically read through this draft (imagine you are someone else reading it!), improving it as you do so. Ideally, write multiple drafts. TOPIC: Is it wrong for a healthy pregnant woman to have an abortion during the early stages of pregnancy? Describe and assess Judith Jarvis Thomson’s answer to this question, and the argument she provides for the conclusion she reaches
