Write a 3-page short story in which two people with opposing views about some environmental issue are talking to one another. Without overtly spelling out what their worldviews are, have your characters argue over something environmental, so that the reader has to infer what attitudes these characters have. For instance, one woman might believe that Unrestrained Instrumentalism is the only key to human success, while the other woman believes that only a Deep Ecological View of nature is appropriate. They wouldn’t use this language, of course, but it could come out as the underlying paradigms of their belief systems when we hear them talk. Use everyday language, the vernacular, like we are really listening in. Humor is ok!

THEN DO A 1-PAGE ANALYSIS OF EACH CHARACTER WHERE YOU OUTLINE WHAT YOU SEE THEIR UNDERLYING WORLDVIEW ABOUT NATURE ACTUALLY IS–DESCRIBING IT USING CORBETT’S CATEGORIES (KEEP IN MIND, A CHARACTER CAN HAVE BLENDED CATEGORIES THAT ARE INCONSISTENT–AS PEOPLE ARE OFTEN INCONSISTENT IN THEIR BELIEFS, BUT IN THIS SECTION YOU WANT TO ANALYZE THIS).

Here are some categories:
Anthropocentric is the ideology that humans are separate from nature and that humans are superior and dominate nature.

Ecocentric believe that no single species, either human or non-human, rule nature. Between these two extremes are unrestrained instrumentalism, conservationism, preservationism, ethics and value-driven ideologies, and transformative ideologies.

Unrestrained instrumentalism is the idea that humans are the most important, and natural resources only exist only for human use.

Conservationism recognizes that there is a need to conserve natural resources, but only so those resources do not completely disappear.

Preservationism supports preserving natural resources that will not only benefit human, but also benefit the nature around them

Ethics and value-driven ideologies ass a moral to human behavior because it believes that humans have duties to continue the existence of nature (animal rights and land-based ethics).

Last but not least, transformative ideologies call for extensive social change. Transformative ideologies include: ecological sensibility, deep ecology, social ecology, ecofeminism, Native American ideologies, and Eastern traditions.

Your task is to locate an argument and discuss it. This can be an argument in the
form of an article, a video presentation or an advertisement; it can have a serious or
a satiric tone. It could be a political advertisement, a cartoon, a video clip
presentation (such as Louis CK or John Oliver), an article, or a letter to the editor—
use your good sense and imagination.
Once you have selected your argument, do an analysis of 700-1000 words (2.5-3.5
pages) of that argument. Your evaluation should be presented in essay style and
follow the standard formatting requirements for a college essay.
You will find fuller instructions and some considerations listed below.
Please provide a link to or attach a copy of your chosen argument at
the top of the first page of your paper.
Instructions: In the first paragraph, do the following:
1. Explain why the topic or subject matter is important;
2. Explain what the main thrust of the argument is—claim/thesis;
3. Evaluate the evidence. Overall, how reliable is the evidence?
4. Evaluate the quality of the argument. Is it an argument to be trusted?
5. Evaluate the clarity of the argument. Is the argument clear or muddy?
Overriding Question to Answer: Once you laid out the basics in the first
paragraph answer this question: “Should a reasonable person be persuaded by
this argument? Why or Why Not?”