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This paper is worth 20% of your final course grade and will be graded using the rubric included with the assignment. You will need to score 80% on the paper as you do on the post-tests. The grade you earn will be averaged into the other four competency grades. The instructions are attached here.

Be sure to read ALL parts of the assignment carefully so that you will write an essay that meets expectations.

Instructions:

Your final course essay is due on the final day of the term. To prepare to write your essay, read the information below. Be sure to review the rubric as you are preparing your final paper: Persuasive Essay Rubric

In any society there is a natural tension between the interests of individuals and the interest of the group. There is a conflict between what individuals want and what serves their interests and what is needed for the welfare, safety, and security of the entire group. Commenting on the many economic and social problems that American society now confronts, Newsweek columnist Robert J. Samuelson recently wrote: "We face a choice between a society where people accept modest sacrifices for a common good or a more contentious society where groups selfishly protect their own benefits."

It might seem that since all citizens benefit from the common good, everyone would willingly respond to urgings that we cooperate to establish and maintain the common good. But numerous observers have identified several obstacles that hinder us, as a society, from successfully doing so.

One obstacle encountered by attempts to promote the common good is that of individualism. Our historical traditions place a high value on individual freedom, on personal rights, and on allowing each person to "do her own thing." Our culture views society as comprised of separate independent individuals who are free to pursue their own individual goals and interests without interference from others. In this individualistic culture it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to convince people that they should sacrifice some of their freedom, some of their personal goals, and some of their self-interest, for the sake of the "common good." Our cultural traditions, in fact, reinforce the individual who thinks that she should not have to contribute to the community's common good, but should be left free to pursue her own personal ends.

How is the conflict to be resolved? In different societies there are different resolutions. In those favoring individualism there may be a great amount of freedom and a great reluctance on the part of government to restrict the liberties of individuals even when they are placing the welfare of others in jeopardy. In other societies that favor the common good over that of individuals there is less reluctance on the part of that government to intervene in the personal lives of individuals to preserve the common welfare and provide for the common good.

ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: First, identify an area of your life that you want to focus on. It could be your work place, your neighborhood, your family, etc. Then, make a persuasive argument of whether you think individualism or the common good is more important within that group/environment (feel free to also qualify the argument, or apply the Rogerian approach when answering). In addition to including personal examples, be sure to also cite 2-3 academic sources as well.

When you summarize, paraphrase or quote information, you must accurately identify the source and include appropriate parenthetical documentation (this means in-text citation). Also, any work you cite should be included on your Works Cited page. Remember to place word for word language in quotation marks.

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