East Asian Political Thought Final Essay Prompt

POLI 113AEast Asian Political ThoughtFinal Essay Prompt2014-12-5GENERAL INSTRUCTIONSYou must drop off a hard copy of your final essay in the drop-off box outsideSSB 357 AND an electronic version via the Turnitin link on TED by 12pm onWednesday, December 17th.The drop-off box and the Turnitin link will be available beginning after the promptis posted. It will remain available even after the deadline has passed, so please besure to upload your exam and drop off a hard copy even if you are turning it in late.The deadline for turning in your exam will be strictly enforced. Late exams willlose points. Unless you have made prior arrangements with us, it is VERY unlikelythat we will make an exception for late exams. If you receive an exception fromProfessor Magagna, please be sure to notify the TAs via email as well.You must write your own exam, and it must be new. You may not use text that youhave written for a previous assignment or for another class. You may not use textfrom the Internet or other sources without quoting and citing appropriately.Students who turn in plagiarized exams will not pass the class, and we may pursueadditional disciplinary sanctions. If you have questions about what constitutesplagiarism please ask the TAs and we will be happy to clarify.EXAM GUIDELINESResponses should be 8 to 9 pages in length. This is a minimum length and will bestrictly enforced. It refers to FULL pages of text and does not count pages withlarge amounts of white space, title pages (which are not necessary), bibliographies,large block quotes, or anything else that is not the body or your original text. Youmay write more than this page minimum, but you will not receive extra credit fordoing so.Please use Times New Roman (or similar), size 12 font, double spaced, 1 inchmargins on all sides. DO indent at the beginning of every paragraph. DO NOT skiplines between paragraphs.Be sure that your name and ID number are at the top of the first page of your examBe sure to include a bibliography. There is no specific format required, but wemust be able to find the source to which you are referring. Only include sourcesthat you have cited in the text.Use parenthetical in-text citations where appropriate (author name, year).Please cite a minimum of three sources. Two must be from class, and one of thesetwo shall be from lectures. In other words, you must cite a MINIMUM of one ofthe assigned readings.EXAM QUESTIONS:Choose one, and only one, of the following questions to answer:I. Show the areas of convergence and divergence between traditional East Asianpolitical economy and contemporary economic reasoning. (Sources: lectures;Bell and Hahm )II. Compare and contrast the Western and East Asian conceptions of law andjustice. (Sources: lectures; Bell and Hahm)III. Explain East Asian moral theory and practice. (Sources: lectures; de Bary;Yao)IV. Explain East Asian Virtual Theory and the practice of self-cultivation(Sources: Lectures; Yao)V. Explain Magnetic Hegemony. (Sources: lectures; de Bary; Bell and Hahm)VI. Explain the Confucian veneration’s four dimensions. (Sources: lectures; Yao;de Bary; Zhu-Xi selections)