How to write a philosophical paper?

[starsthatshine]

I'm going to write a paper on the pros and cons of Marxism (we're doing Political Philosophy and we're basically talking about the nature of state and now we're talking about Marxism and the latter is what our examination is about) for Philosophy class. I'm kind of psyched. Because I really like Philosophy as a subject and I want to learn about all political theories (some day liberalism and I are going to have a sit down where I'm going to try and understand it). We're going to see if this works out.

Minor question though: How the heck do you write a philosophical paper? I mean, you can't start off with facts and then work your way from there... Help? :)