In the Week 3 Assignment, you engaged in a case analysis of a currentbusiness problem using some of the components of an argumentativeessay. In this written assignment, you will write a completeargumentative essay as described in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking(Foster, Hardy, & Zúñiga y Postigo, 2015). This essay will include arevised and polished version of your Week 3 Assignment, an objection toyour thesis, a rebuttal, and concluding remarks. In order to benefitthe most, you should start working on your Final Project from the timeyou receive your Week 3 Assignment back with comments from yourprofessor.

Your assignment should include the following:
A revision of your Week 3 Case Analysis Assignment.Your revision should represent a substantial edit of your work thatfully incorporates feedback from your professor and goes well beyondcorrecting any grammatical or APA errors.

The strongest possible objection to your thesis.After the final paragraph of your Week 3 Case Analysis Assignment, starta new paragraph that introduces the strongest possible objection toyour thesis. The considerations for this are detailed in Section 9.2 of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking(Hardy, Foster, & Zúñiga y Postigo, 2015). Make sure to employ theappropriate language to introduce the objection, such as “some mayobject to my thesis as follows” or “according to [so and so] the thesispresented here fails to account for X” [whatever he or she findsproblematic]. You can find other language to do this, of course, but thekey point here is to make sure that you indicate that someone else isspeaking when presenting this objection.

It is also important to remember that you do research to discovergood objections and not merely objections that are weak and thus easilyrebutted. Look for peer-reviewed journal articles in the AshfordUniversity Library, full-text articles in Google Scholar, or articles inthe Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Present the opposing positionfairly and in detail. This may take more than one paragraph.

A rebuttal. This is a refutation of the objectionthat you have just presented. Start this in a new paragraph followingthe objection paragraph(s). Once again, follow the indications ofSection 9.2 of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking(Hardy, Foster, & Zúñiga y Postigo, 2015). You may point out anerror in the objection. Or you may show that, while it is an importantobjection, it does not apply squarely to your argument, or does notaccount for facts that make it irrelevant. Above all, make sure tomaintain philosophical decorum in your rebuttal. Toward this end, youshould apply the principles of charity and of accuracy, first introducedin the Week 1 course material. See “Confronting Disagreement” inSection 9.4 of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking (Hardy, Foster, & Zúñiga y Postigo, 2015).

Closing remarks. End your argumentative essay with aparagraph of closing remarks. Provide some reflections of what you haveattempted to achieve by means of your essay. You could, for example,explain how your essay sheds light on the broader controversy that itaddresses. Or you could point out how your essay addresses a frequentlyignored point or the unpopular side in the controversy. You could alsoreflect on the related matters in the broader controversy that would beuseful to examine by others. Do not merely summarize what you have donein the body of your essay, and do not add new information here thatwould support or contradict your essay since the body of your essayshould have addressed all the relevant points. See “Closing Your Essay”in Section 9.2 of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking (Hardy, Foster, & Zúñiga y Postigo (2015).

Requirements for your Assignment:

• Your assignment should be between 1500 to 1700 words in length, excluding the cover and references pages.
• Your examination should be both thorough and succinct. This is acombination that demands time and thought, so give yourself sufficienttime to draft and revise.
• Your assignment should include citations, as well as a list of references. Both must be in APA form.
• Your references should include at least four peer-reviewedarticles in addition to those that you will be carrying over from ourWeek 3 Case Analysis Assignment. These references should bedrawn from the Ashford University Library, Google Scholar, or theStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Your assignment should be submitted no later than the end of Monday (midnight, U.S. Mountain time).