Discuss the below:
Your imaginary reader is not someone who has read the text you are writing about; she does not already understand the theories, claims, or arguments. You must explain the positions and criticisms. You might imagine yourself (before you read the text) as your reader, or a reasonably intelligent friend or family member. Relatedly, in grading your essay, I shouldn't have to read the essay sympathetically; what you have to offer should be clearly on the page. When you use terms that have a special meaning for an author (e.g. "adaptive" "happiness"), you must give that meaning.
Also, you ought to strive to describe the author's ideas in your own words; do not rely too much on jargon. Be sure to use very plain language
You ought to strive to breakdown the ideas into the simplest, most straightforward terms possible; this involves thoughtful word-choice and uncomplicated sentence structure (but of course, you don't want to simplify expression at the expense of accurately representing the details and subtleties of the concepts and arguments).Paper Topic
The midterm paper is about desire theory and the adaptive-preference criticism of it. Your papershould serve as an effective explanation of both for your reader. Come up with an example of a person who has unconscious adaptive preferences. (Better papers will involve unique, concrete examples)Explain why this example suggests the adaptive preference criticism, and explain the force of that criticism against desire theory. Also, consider a desire-theorist reply.