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May 082. Are reason and emotion equally necessary in justifying moral decisions?
Colin Kinniburgh, United Nations International School
50 Excellent Theory of Knowledge Essays
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TOK essay guidelines point to 3 major ways you can gain marks: A well organised arguement Showing how the topic effects other areas of knowledge Reflecting on you own experiences in the topic area This essay does all 3 very well.
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May 082. Are reason and emotion equally necessary in justifying moral decisions?Colin Kinniburgh, United Nations International School
Introduction Captivating opening sentence. Followed by a quick description of how emotion & reason are used in morality. The final sentence simply tells you what he's going to do for the essay.
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He uses occasional descriptive vocab to make the writing entertaining, but he maintains an overall intellectual tone.
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Paragraph 2 Explains why simple logic does not work in morality, this leads into a deeper discussion in para 3 on the strengths of Emotion.
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Paragraph 3 Now he goes deeper into how Emotion helps form Morality.
The Hitler example is not strong evidence: everyone uses it and the reasons behind Nazi Germany are complex, so the evidence is not clear. The Macbeth example is good: it's from literature so gets extra points for being cross-discipline, and it's simple.
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This is a good shot at the hidden morality behind anti-drug campaigns that are made by adults for teens.
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This is a very good personal example. It explains the moral problem, explains how he personally felt, and reflects on his thoughts & actions using the moral framework of the essay.
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Great vocab.
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Great writing! Uses Religion as an introduction to Reason. Extra points for drawing in another discipline (religion) and also makes the writing varied & interesting.
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Paragraph 7 Now he starts the section on Reason and Morality.
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Paragraph 8 Lists 3 different systems of Ethics, showing he is very well researched.
May 082. Are reason and emotion equally necessary in justifying moral decisions?
Colin Kinniburgh, United Nations International School
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This is a good section that describes the different conclusions of these 3 systems of Ethics. But is is poorly written and I had to read it twice to understand. For example, the explanation of the first 2 systems are cramped into one sentence. Maybe he was running out of words?
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Great finishing sentences; ends by asking a question of the reader.
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Now he attempts to offer some answers and further explains his personal approach.
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Here he draws in a current news report that he heard. Extra points for including yet another discipline and increasing the personal aspect. He then uses this news report to explain his own stance, which is to use Reason & Emotion in moral decisions.
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May 082. Are reason and emotion equally necessary in justifying moral decisions?Colin Kinniburgh, United Nations International School
