Presentation Is this an appropriate KQ? - Urgent!

[ibstudent77]

My KQ is:

 

 To what extent is capital punishment on convicts justified? 

 

For some reason it doesn't sound so appealing to me, please help me improve it!

 

 

[IBsurvivor98]

Hey Rah one! Maybe you should edit it in a way that uses more tok terminology! PM me if you need any help  

[UncleChopChop]

TOK is not ethics. You cannot score highly on a question that is purely ethical as it is not evaluating the knower's perspective or knowledge issues/questions.

 

You need to link it to perception/interpretation of different individuals/groups somehow - eg:

"To what extent do differing cultural perspectives influence the ethical interpretation of capital punishment?"

 

That being said, I would recommend you steer clear of ethics as it is a dangerous trap to fall into with TOK.

[ac1998]

The question is not general enough, it seems you haven't followed the flow chart given in the subject guide and hence, you haven't decontextualised your Knowledge Question. I suggest you take a look at the 2008 TOK guide so you get an idea of the possible knowledge questions you could use, and modify them accordingly. Remember that your KQ must, later on, link to other Real Life Situations as well. Also, ethics isn't as dangerous as people claim it to be, if you read up on the ethical theories (very well highlighted in the Decoding TOK for IBDP Textbook) and are able to apply it to your RLS, then you can deliver a great presentation. Best of Luck!