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How toppers approached this question

2. (a) What do you understand by environmental ethics? How are laws and ethics different from each other?

How toppers built answers of this type: the structure spine and the moves they converged on. Aggregated across real past-paper answers for this paper and directive, not this one question, so no question-specific evidence is shown. No answer text is reproduced.

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The spine toppers built

  1. Open

    • Define the key term first
    • Context-hook opening
  2. Build

    • Numbered enumeration
    • Directive-mirroring headers
    • Both sides before the verdict
  3. Close

    • Verdict conclusion
    • Forward-looking close

constructionMoves they converged on

  • Numbered enumeration65% of answers

    Enumerate points as a numbered list.

  • Define the key term first63% of answers

    Open by defining the central term.

  • Example as evidence57% of answers

    Tag a concrete example explicitly as evidence.

  • Verdict conclusion55% of answers

    End with a clear verdict.

  • Directive-mirroring headers37% of answers

    Headers that mirror the question's directive.

  • Thinker / quote as authority28% of answers

    Invoke a thinker or quote as authority.

  • Both sides before the verdict28% of answers

    Weigh both sides before taking a stand.

  • Multi-dimensional buckets28% of answers

    Sort points into clear dimensions (social, economic…).

stairsEvidence toppers carried (per answer)

Concepts ~2Examples ~1Statutes ~1Thinkers ~1Principles ~1Institutions ~1Other anchors ~1Current events ~1

account_treeCase anatomy · Environmental ethics

  • Ethical issues95% of toppers
  • Chosen option92% of toppers
  • Justification91% of toppers
  • Values in conflict72% of toppers
  • Stakeholders70% of toppers
  • Options67% of toppers
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