Assignment:
Now that you have your topic-Moral Issue in my community: Immigrants are considered second to Natives (Americans), in this next step in the evolution of your final paper you need a mid-point task, which means that you now need to provide enough material to demonstrate partial mastery of the topic and demonstrate that you have identified key resources and arguments. It's also important to introduce one or more contrary arguments to your position with their source(s). This means using proper citation and references.
This mid-point for your paper demonstrate clarity of topic and purpose solid arguments solid rebuttal ability to cite and reference your sources
YOUR TASK: In a paper of between 500 and 800 words DOUBLE SPACE provide the following overview of your final project.
1. State the position you will support.
2. Sketch the relevant background for the issue.
3. Sketch the argument you will make in the paper supporting your position. Mention at least 2 authors/ideas/theories found in this course which you will use in the final composition.
4. Give at least one objection that an opponent to your position may offer, drawing from your research AND providing the proper citation and reference of the source where the counter argument was found.
5. Briefly, how will you respond to your opponent?
PLEASE NOTE:
At the beginning of your submission include the following checklist properly marked to indicate that you have completed the assignment properly:
CHECKLIST FOR PART TWO OF FINAL PAPER
1. I stated my position clearly in the first paragraph.
2. I sketched the relevant background for the issue in 1-2 paragraphs.
3. I Sketched the argument supporting my position in 1-2 paragraphs, using at least 2 authors/ideas/theories found in this course.
4. I give at least one objection that an opponent of my position may offer providing a citation and a reference.
5. I briefly described how I will respond to my opponent.
6. My paper is 500-800 words long DOUBLE SPACE
7. I spell-checked my document.
Part One, Topic Selection (Moral Issue in my community). Immigrants are considered second to Natives (Americans).
The societal engagement provides a significant focus on some of the critical issues, which need to be discussed and provide a beneficial environment where it is possible to achieve a higher level of engagement within a given community. Moral issues define individual relations within a community environment. Moral issues, therefore, involve a difference in ideologies where an idea that is held by a specific group might harm the wellbeing of others within the same social environment. Thus, they are issues that involve a difference in belief rather than preference. Moral issues are also explained based on a similar perspective with ethical issues since they focus on developing a higher level of understanding within a given social environment (Ljunge, 2014). Therefore, a moral issue that will form the basis of this research is the current issue within my community where immigrants are considered second to natives (Americans). The idea that an individual has more right to a safe country than another individual because they are born in the country is a significant moral issue that needs to be highly engaged.
The consideration of immigrants as second to natives is a moral issue because this notion advances a very complicated idea that is based on open discrimination against one another. The immigrants have same rights as natives, and no specific element creates a difference between them and the natives. This moral issue has created significant differences between the natives and immigrants since the immigrants consider themselves as being inferior to natives. Even though it is true that immigrants are born in other countries, the fact that they live together with natives should form an essential background where they need to develop positive relations with natives without any form of discrimination.
Discrimination within the society is a serious societal issue, which is based on the existing stereotypes and ideologies against immigrants. A critical stereotype that exists among the natives is that immigrants come to create unnecessary competition on the existing resources and jobs and thus create a negative attitude towards the immigrants. It is essential to understand that immigrants usually come because of different reason with a key reason being a search for better lives since most of them comes from unstable countries where there is war because of political or social differences between citizens. It is, therefore, necessary to show love to such individuals to understand the exact definition of humanity and not to see them as competition, which is based on negative stereotypes that have been created (Caldwell-Harris, 2015).
The existing difference in values and cultural beliefs should form the basis under which diversity within the community should be appreciated and ensure that individuals live harmoniously where they interact freely without any limitations. Discriminatory issues were rampant in the past, and thus there is need to maintain moral and ethical standards where it is possible to ensure that there are positive interactions between individuals regardless of their background. Morality is based on a crucial focus on the needs of each other where individuals can be able to coexist and advance similar ideologies to promote better societal moral standards (Oberman, 2017).