Format Instructions:
➢ Length – 3- 4 pages – (not including a References and Cover Page)
➢ Double-spaced, size 12 font, margins 1” left, right, upper and lower.
➢ Use the APA format for references, there are instructions in the College Library for your information.
➢ Cite all borrowed language in quotations (not more than 10% of your paper)
➢ Research must include 6 different sources – not more than 3 internet sources
➢ Bibliography / Reference Page should be in “end note” format
You are required to write a critical analysis of the disease of your choice.
Included in this analysis, you will need to explain how the disease you chose
affects the various body systems where relevant.
The following relevant and concise information must (if pertinent) be included in your write up.
▪ Name of disease
▪ History of the disease
▪ Description of disease
Anatomy of the system(s) involved
▪ Effects on other body systems
▪ Cause of disease
▪ Signs and symptoms
▪ Diagnosis of the disease
▪ Complications, if any
▪ Treatment and side effects
Conclusion should include the following:
▪ Brief mention of current or proposed research that may significantly impact the
▪ disease.
▪ Prevention strategies if any
▪ Your insight / opinion
NOTE: you must focus on the anatomy & physiology of the disease/disorder. Cover
the normal anatomy & physiology of the organ system affected and then state what the
disease/disorder does to this organ system, and other organ systems. In other words, if
you are picking tuberculosis, I do not want you to go too much in detail about the
bacteria that causes it but how the bacteria escape our body’s defenses and what the
bacteria do to the lungs, bones, etc.

Research on the nervous system is controversial. In this assignment, you will explore nervous system research and the controversies surrounding it.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
Instructors will be using a grading rubric to grade the assignments. It is recommended that learners review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment in order to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.
Directions:
Write a paper of 1,000-1,250 words that summarizes the current research on the nervous system and the controversies surrounding this research. Include the following in your paper:
1. A brief review of the current empirical research regarding the construction of the nervous system and its role in shaping behavior.
2. A discussion of the controversies surrounding research on the nervous system.

I have updated the grades for the course. Please let me know if you have any questions or want more feedback. One general comment I will make is about the sources you choose for your assignments each week. Please stay away from sites like Sparknotes, Wikipedia, or WordPress blogs that address similar topics to this class.
Consider what was discussed previously regarding both utilitarian perspectives for moral action and Kant’s Categorical Imperative. Now suppose (as I am sure has happened to you many times) that a homeless person asks for change or a dollar as you walk by them on the street. Now consider Nagel’s article on “Moral Luck”. Does giving a dollar to the homeless person increase overall happiness or achieve some other universally acceptable moral aim? Consider also that some interpretations of utilitarianism suggest that we should give everything except those basic things we need to survive.
Or do we in fact have a duty, as the Categorical Imperative may or may not suggest, giving the person a dollar? Because we do not always have access to the antecedent conditions which may have place the homeless person in that position, are we in fact morally capable of making a judgment as to whether or not we should give them a dollar?
For instance, what if this person has a drug or alcohol addiction which was largely the cause for them to start living on the street initially? Furthermore, what if this is the last dollar they needed to purchase more drugs which in fact result in an overdose? Are you directly morally responsible for this person’s death? And if we do give them the dollar, are we still obliged to consider what it is they aim to do with it? (Recall here the Case of the Inquiring Murderer.)
Briefly outline what the Kantian and consequentialist position might be for this set of circumstances and provide reasons as to why we ought to prefer one over the other. Remember to consider the four kinds of luck that Nagel describes and how they might apply to your proposed solution.
Required Reading: Thomas Nagel “Moral Luck” (.pdf provided in Course Docs
Recommended Reading: “Moral Luck”, Introduction & Section 1 (Focus on Nagel’s formulation of moral luck; not Williams.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpDSPVv8l

In this case analysis you will review, and then analyze a mishap which involved a visual illusion. To get started, go to the NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and locate an NTSB report which involved a visual illusion. Next, based on what you have read and have learned in this module, explain why the illusion occurred and why the pilot succumbed to the illusion. Then, present what corrective action the pilot should have taken to avoid the mishap from occurring. Please provide sound evidence for your conclusion by supporting it with information from the NTSB report and your new found knowledge of altitude physiology.