Read a chapter in Peters that we haven’t gotten to for class, and then write me a brief or memo telling whether you should or should not require this chapter in a future version of the course.

God’s Commandments and Human Morality

For this paper, your job is to read a chapter in Peters that we haven’t gotten to for class, and then write me a brief or memo telling whether you should or should not require this chapter in a future version of the course. You can choose any of the remaining full chapters (i.e. not the conclusion, “End Thoughts”).

Roughly, their topics are as follows:

Chapter 5, “God’s Commandments and Human Morality,” deals with the ethical traditions of each religion;

Your argument will involve:
1) A brief summary of the chapter’s contents
2) Your recommendation, based on how much you learned, how well you found the information to be presented, and how central you think the topic is to an introductory course on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
3) Don’t forget – adding something means dropping something else. Ttell me what you would drop in order to include it, and why