Final Essay Formatting Requirements

· 12 point font

· Double spaced

· Citations formatted in Chicago Manual style

· We will not require the complete set of Chicago Manual style formatting guidelines be followed, but citations must be formatted in that style

· Direct quotations (and only direct quotations) must be inside quotation marks, and must always be accompanied by a page number

· You do not need to include a title page. You can if you wish, it won’t affect your mark either way

· However, the document should start with your name and student number, as well as an informative title for the paper – ideally, the title conveys what the paper is going to be about, to help orient the reader right away

· After that, the paper must begin with an abstract of roughly 75 to 125 words (slightly more or less is ok)

· The abstract is separated from the title above and body of the paper below by a few lines, and is headed by the centred and bolded word ‘abstract’, like so:

Abstract

This paper is about such and such and so and so. In it, I will argue this and that.

· This should be followed by another subheading for the introduction, or if subheadings aren’t being used, there should be a clear visual separation between the abstract and the introduction

· Use of subheadings to mark out the sections of your paper is recommended but not strictly required. Subheadings demonstrate to the reader that there is an overall structure to your paper, and helps them see where they are in that structure

· Use of subheadings to mark out the sections of your paper is recommended but not strictly required. Subheadings demonstrate to the reader that there is an overall structure to your paper, and helps them see where they are in that structure

· See the Lewens reading for a nice example of the effective use of subheadings, where he separates the paper into sections like “1 Improving Unicorns?” about whether human nature exists, “2 The Biological Consensus” where he discusses the opinions of biologists about human nature, and “3 Permissive natures” where he discusses a broader notion of human nature that escapes the criticisms in section 2

· Note that using subheadings does not mean that the careful use of paragraphs can be ignored

· Use of first person pronouns is fine

· The minimum number of scholarly citations is 5, and somewhere between 5 and 10 is a good range

· More than 10 is allowed, but jam-packing your essay with superfluous citations that aren’t discussed deeply does not add to its quality

· The body of the essay (which does not include the bibliography) should be between 2000 and 2500 words