If your paper is too short, lengthen a key paragraph or add a paragraph r esponding to a likely objection. The paper should not be mostly expository. It should be analytical and argumentative. Writing and grammar are part of what you will be graded on. Clarity, organization, and good grammar all count.
Research is a good idea.
You must read the material specified with the topic. I'll be happy to talk to you or exchange e-mails with you about your paper and topic. By October 13 please send me an e-mail telling me which paper topic you've chosen. Defend or criticize Fletcher's argument. Develop and defend in some detail a mixed utilitarian-retributivist theory of punishment.