Provisional proposition - Peter (2)
In the academic writing exercise that is part 5 of chapter 7 of Quest, "Medicine and Drugs: Addictive Substances," Pamela Hartmann asks us to answer one of the questions on pages 224 and 227 (2007).
- I have chosen to answer the question:
Should the government be involved in the campaign to stop people from smoking?
________________________________________________
- My provisional proposition is:
Smoking may not be banned by law in restaurants and other privately owned property.
- It respects owner's right to set conditions of entry to private property.
- Acknowledges difference between public places and publicly property.
- It allows smokers and non-smokers greater choice.
- It does not impose any non-consensual risk on anyone.
- It encourages personal responsibility for health and lifestyle.
- Smoking bans are right for publicly owned property; therefore, right to equal access without health risk there is protected.
________________________________________________
___________
Reference
Ive just written the first draft of my essay supporting my proposition above. The provisional thesis statement is:
ReplyDeleteThe proven risks to both smokers and non-smokers exposed to cigarette smoke cannot justify campaigns that ban smoking in public places that are also private property, thereby reducing free choice in society, treating citizens as immature fools to be dictated to, and presuming that politicians have a right to decide how people live their own lives.
As we expect, the thesis statement, which includes it as the main clause, is longer and more complex than the simple statement of my proposition. Even the language I used in the thesis statement is very different to the language I used to state my proposition in the blog post.
I've also published the first draft of my essay, "Must Chocolate Cake Be Banned."
DeleteI have to revise either the thesis statement or the last couple of body paragraphs. I haven't decided which yet, so there will be a later draft that will be a bit different, but probably not a lot.
When you read my essay, note that I tried to give strong support for a proposition that I was sure many of my readers, you, would strongly disagree with, which has made it longer than I would like. When I revise, I'll also try to cut.
Annoying typo: the title of my essay ends with a ?, not with a full stop.
Delete