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May 2012 extended essay reports
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PHILOSOPHY
Overall grade boundaries
Grade: E D C B A
Mark range: 0 - 7 8 - 15 16 - 22 23 - 28 29 - 36
The range and suitability of the work submitted
The submitted essays varied with regards to levels attained. The submissions range from
excellent performance, better than satisfactory, to clearly less than satisfactory or in some
cases very poor. The most successful candidates avoided over ambitious research questions
and focused on a relatively accessible area of philosophy. Further more, the excellent essays
were clearly focused research questions, showing insightful and philosophically relevant
personal investigation. There were many examples of excellent an d good essays which are
the result of effective work following the development of personal interest and initiative within
the framework as provided by the guide. Some examples of the stronger research questions
are:
Hindu ethics: a deontological form of Aristotelian virtue ethics?
To what extent is global redistribution of wealth an issue of economic justice?
The blurred line between altruism and egoism: an analysis of the notion of selfishness .
Bettering the world’s arts system: the antiquities trade, encyclopedic museums and the ethics
of identity.
In this last case an imaginati ve choice produced an original topic. The research question, the
ethics of identity which lies behind the antiquities debate, is very well spotted as a
philosophical issue and resulted in the construction of a personal philosophical argument,
which was cogent and economical in expression. The essay is persuasively argued; clearly
structured; show ed independent thinking; insight and flair. It employ ed philosophical
methodology and demonstrated awareness of positions in political and social philosophy. This
essay is a very good example of a productive combination of personal initiative and
commitment, philosophical approach applied to a non -standard philosophical issue at this
level, effort and determination in the research process, and adequate supervision.
Examiners provided information also concerning difficulties which were encountered in the
lower
File information
Subject
Philosophy
Document type
Subject report
Year
2012
Session
May 2012
Level
Not labelled in the archive
Paper
Not labelled
Examination zone
Not labelled in the archive
Language
English
File size
102 KB
Pages
5
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