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VCE Global Politics Question Thread
Hala119:
Hi ! How much time should you spend on writing the essay in the exam. I can probably only get it to 40 minutes even though my teacher recommended 30 mins. Is this possible to complete the exam if I write the essay in 40 mins?
hello876:
Hi, I am confused with how I would answer this question:
Explain how a global actor’s perspective has determined its view of how justice can be achieved in relation to one ethical issue.
Is justice for this question what the global actor views as morally right? And do I have to bring in international laws or can I leave them out?
I get confused on the difference between ethics and justice, is ethics just the general range of ideologies/moralities actors can have e.g cosmopolitan and realism, and justice is similar but more of what is morally right?
hums_student:
--- Quote from: Hala119 ---Hi ! How much time should you spend on writing the essay in the exam. I can probably only get it to 40 minutes even though my teacher recommended 30 mins. Is this possible to complete the exam if I write the essay in 40 mins?
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30 minutes is the recommended time (the essay is 20 marks and the suggested time allocation is 1.5 minutes per mark). I would recommend writing your essay in 30 minutes then if you have more time at the end you can expand on any points as necessary. Though honestly if you do have time left, prioritise short answer (unless you wrote a really rough draft for your essay) because it’s easier to get marks from SA than your extended response.
--- Quote from: hello876 ---Hi, I am confused with how I would answer this question:
Explain how a global actor’s perspective has determined its view of how justice can be achieved in relation to one ethical issue.
Is justice for this question what the global actor views as morally right? And do I have to bring in international laws or can I leave them out?
I get confused on the difference between ethics and justice, is ethics just the general range of ideologies/moralities actors can have e.g cosmopolitan and realism, and justice is similar but more of what is morally right?
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Justice is basically the idea of how to implement ethics in practice. An important part of justice is how to punish a party when ethics are undermined. Also, ethics (in VCE global politics) refer strictly to cosmopolitan ideology, it does not encompass realism.
Mentioning international laws would be useful in this case.
elenacatherine:
hi guys...
so with essay topic for the unit 4 areas of study, it can either ask you to talk about one/at least one/two ethical issues or global crises
if in the exam it asked you to talk about two crises (mine are armed conflict and terrorism) and i wanted to focus more heavily on armed conflict, would it be fine if my discussion about terrorism revolved around the use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy only. this is in the study design under terrorism however my teacher has said that it might not be clear enough that i am talking about two crises
thank you!
hums_student:
--- Quote from: elenacatherine on November 13, 2019, 10:08:49 am ---hi guys...
so with essay topic for the unit 4 areas of study, it can either ask you to talk about one/at least one/two ethical issues or global crises
if in the exam it asked you to talk about two crises (mine are armed conflict and terrorism) and i wanted to focus more heavily on armed conflict, would it be fine if my discussion about terrorism revolved around the use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy only. this is in the study design under terrorism however my teacher has said that it might not be clear enough that i am talking about two crises
thank you!
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As long as you make it clear in 1) your introduction; 2) your body paragraphs; and 3) your conclusion that you are focusing on terrorism and armed conflict it will be fine. You can chuck in a brief sentence in your intro such as “this essay specifically looks at the usage of terrorism as an instrument of state policy” or something like that to make it even clearer. There’s no rule that says you must focus on both equally.
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