ASSESSED ESSAY LIST
1. Should consensual sadomasochistic activity between adults be illegal?
2. What is Rawls's difference principle? Are his arguments for the difference principle convincing?
3. Is the death penalty justified?
4. Should you break laws you consider 'immoral"?
5. Is religious freedom a universal human right? In answering this question you need to consider the three dimensions of religious freedom: practice, proselytisation and apostasy.
6. 'The obligation of rich countries to poor countries is limited to ensuring that poor countries have enough resources to become politically stable'. Do you agree with this statement?
7. 'Members of nations are bound by genetic ties and immigration undermines those ties and so should be restricted'. Do you agree with this statement?
8. Is political theory `masculinise?