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BIOL 310 · Lab Report · 25% of grade
CRISPR off-target effects — lab report
Due Monday 22 June · 1810 / 1800 words
Assignment Blueprint Engine · ai-scaffolded
Structure
Research question
Is moral relativism defensible against the charge that it collapses moral progress?
Working thesis
A modest, agent-relative form of relativism can be defended without abandoning the idea of moral progress.
Argument shape
Concede strong-form weaknesses, build modest position, address two counterarguments.
Required evidence
1 anthropological case, 2 contrasting normative theorists, 1 historical example of moral revision.
Section breakdown
§1 Introduction & thesis
250 wHook, stakes, thesis, roadmap.
§2 Define relativism
400 wDistinguish descriptive, metaethical, normative.
§3 Modest defence
700 wBuild agent-relative position; one anthropological case.
§4 Counterargument & rebuttal
700 wMoral-progress objection; reply via revisable standards.
§5 Conclusion
250 wRestate; gesture at unresolved tension.
Rubric analysis · parsed from brief
What you're being graded on
Thesis clarity & originality
20%
16/20
Strong thesis; could sharpen claim about cultural variance.
Use of primary sources
25%
17/25
Add Williams (1985) directly; you cite him second-hand.
Counterargument & rebuttal
20%
12/20
Counterargument exists but rebuttal is thin.
Structure & flow
15%
13/15
Tight; consider signposting in §3.
Citation accuracy (Harvard)
10%
6/10
3 in-text citations missing page numbers.
Mechanics
10%
9/10
Clean prose; small comma issues.
Task board
In flight
Research
Skim 3 key Mackie chapters
Find 2 counter-arguments to error theory
Outline
Draft thesis options (3)
Section outlines with topic sentences
Draft
Body paragraph 2 — moral progress
Body paragraph 3 — cross-cultural ethics
Revise
Tighten introduction hook
Milestones
Timeline
Thesis locked
19 Jun
Full outline approved by coach
21 Jun
First draft (60%)
23 Jun
Draft Coach review
25 Jun
Submit
26 Jun