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ENG 280 / GH 101 "Facts, Lies, and Values"

Assignment used in both ENG 280 and GH101 by professors Banash, Kozhukhova, and Rocca

Facts, Lies & Values Assignments for ENG280 and GH101

Are you working on a paper about Facts, Lies, & Values?

To quote your professors...

"Today, there are many matters of fact that we must do our best to establish in order to understand our world and how best to act in it."
"Matters of fact are not debatable issues of values or perspectives. In matters of fact, we should be able to come to a reasoned conclusion based on a critical, informed, and rule-governed assessment of the evidence for or against the claim."
"While we might disagree on how best to live or what constitutes a good life, we must be able to agree on the basic facts of the world that constrain us so that we have any shot at living together with different values and still collectively getting closer to truth."

This guide offers tips on finding information resources that can help you to get closer to the truth:

Handout from Library Session