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TheMoralityandPoliticsofJusticeprojectwewereassignedtochooseapoliticalissue
thatinterestedin.Wewererequiredtotakemultipledifferentresearchnotes,interviewa
humanwhosharesadifferentpoliticalideologythanourowntoacknowledgethe
diverseperspectives,thenwefollowedupwithaminimalofthreeadditionalcredible
sources,andcontinuedourresearchuntilwefeltconfidentonourtopictowherewe
couldinformthepublic.Onceourresearchwascompleted,webeganwithouroped
articleandpoliticalcampaignposter.Ouropedarticlehadtocontainanemotional
connectiontotheargument,showevidenceofaphilosopher'sperspective,howwecan
makeachange,andcorrelateethos,pathos,andlogos.Thesedifferentcomponents
bringtogetherastrongperspectiveforareadertograsponto.

ThepoliticalissueIchosewasanimaltestingforbeneficialuseofmakeup,asI
researchedmytopicIstartedtoformmyownperspectivethatanimaltestingisbyno
meansmorallyjustified.Iwrotemyopedontheteststhatpeopleperformonanimalsin
laboratoriesandaddedtheperspectiveofawellknownphilosopherPeterSinger.I
informedthecommunityaboutanimaltestingandsomealternativesattheHumanities
JuniorExhibitionthattookplaceatDurangoJoes.AsIpresentedmypoliticalcampaign
posterandoped.

Paragraph2:WritingGrowth

Startingmyoped,Iwasnotveryconfidentonthewritingpiecebecauseitwasmyfirst
timeeverconstructinganopedarticle.Frommyroughdrafttomyfinal,Ididntmake
anymajorchangesjustaddedmoreinformationtoittodeepenthecontentsoitwill
reallyinformthereaders.SomechangesImadewasbeingmoreconcisewithrunon
sentencesandconstructingsentencessotheywouldflowsmoothly.Introducemy
philosopherinamoreprofessionalwayandwrapupmyconclusionbyaddingaweb
pagethatcouldmakeachangewithanimaltesting.

*Myfirstandfinaldraftareembeddedbelowreflection.

Paragraph3:ProjectPieceArtistStatement
MyvisualcampaignposterrepresentedanimaltestingbecauseIincorporatedacollage
ofmakeupproductsthataretestedonanimals,aquoteThequestionisnot,Canthey
reason?norCantheytalk?but,Cantheysuffer?byJeremyBenthamaBritish

utilitarianphilosopher,andanimageofawoundedrabbitafterbeingtestedon.My
posterisrhetoricalbecauseIintegratedpathosbyshowingagruesomeimageofan
animalbeingmistreatedconnectingtotheaudience'semotions,ethosbystatinga
quotefromJeremyBenthammakinganappealtoaudienceperspective,andlogoswith
theanimalstheyusetotestthemakeupproductscollagedonvisualwithamessageto
read.ThereasonwhyIchosetocombinethesedifferentthingsisbecauseitholds
evidenceinwhatthesemakeupproductsdotoharmtheinnocentanimalsthatI
emphasizedforemotionalharm.IfIweretoredothevisualpieceofmyprojectIwould
havecleaneditupsoitwouldlookmoreorganized.

Paragraph4:PersonalGrowthandPerspective

ThemostsignificantlessonIvegainedfromdoingthisprojectisthatnoteveryonewill
agreeonhowtosolveapoliticalissue,youhavetorealizeeveryonehastheirdifferent
beliefs,religions,perspectivesandpersonalitiesoverall.Todaysworldisjustdifficult,
whenitcomestomytopictherearemanypeoplewhothinkthatanimalsshouldnthave
rightsbecausetheyarentcapableofmuchandcantaccomplishwhathumanscan.But
theyarestilllivingnonhumanswhoshouldbetreatedwithoutharm.

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