Your final essay presents you with a binary task: arguing your own perspective while simultaneously acknowledging and validating oppositional ones. This is the Rogerian model of argument, which
asks us to expand upon our innate argumentative impulses (arguing for our own point, solely) by exploring and even legitimizing disparate viewpoints. Philosophically, it seems reasonable to suggest
that most of us observe a world woefully bereft of genuine reflection, in which too many people presume their ideals infallible, inviolable; but I often wonder how right people can be who never
question that they might be wrong.

The Rogerian model requires us to go beyond a condescending nod at conflicting ideologies, exploring and investing in multiple perspectives before settling on any one as “correct.” Therefore, in
your essay, you will need to argue a position through the mechanism of that Rogerian model, presenting your own idea(s) alongside a sincere exploration of an alternative one(s). From the humorous
to the dire, the frivolous to the ominous, the subject is utterly your choice, the goal being to sincerely explore alternatives before revisiting, tempered by the test of opposition, your original
position.

ADDITIONALLY –
In 1 1/2 MLA formatted pages, introduce and briefly discuss your Rogerian Essay and research. Having carefully read the Rogerian Essay prompt, what do you see as the strongest arguments on either
side of your subject, and how do you plan to steer these viewpoints in a singular direction? Specifically, what research are you planning to use?