1. I do not believe Jeff Ballinger has a convincing argument against Nike. I do believe he has a convincing argument against labor conditions in Indonesia. He states that in 1988‚ of the 17‚000 violations reported in that year only 12 were prosecuted. While this statistic is very alarming about the poor labor conditions in Indonesia‚ it has no proof as to where these violations were originating from. It is very likely that some of the violations were coming out of the factories that Nike had
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Does ‘Pascal’s Wager’ provide a convincing argument for belief in God? Published in 1670 and named after French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal; the philosophical theory of Pascal’s Wager reasons that to believe in God is a decision made in a time of uncertainty. The Wager also explains that whether or not God exists‚ we can estimate the outcome; an infinite reward or an infinite punishment. This suggests that the rational choice to live as if God exists is the better of the possible
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Part B. The ontological argument is a convincing argument. Discuss. The ontological argument was first made famous in the 11th century by St Anslem from Canterbury and was later taken further by French philosopher Rene Descartes. The debate is an attempt to confirm God’s existence as a priori argument. It does not rely on observations of the world around us it simply uses logic and the idea that it is illogical to say that God does not exist as its main factor. There are three elements to St
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Arguments from religious experience are never convincing. When people say that they have experienced God or the divine in some way; they are not saying that it ‘seemed like’ God but was something else. The issue for many philosophers is: are religious experiences veridical? By this is meant can we actually demonstrate that the religious experiences of people are what they seem to be‚ i.e. experiences of God‚ rather than delusions‚ products of the mind or of some other source such as LSD? Can
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Jeff Jacoby‚ a columnist for the Boston Globe‚ is the author of an article called “Bring Back Flogging” that suggests the reinstatement of flogging as a criminal punishment. Jacoby argues that the use of flogging is a better form of punishment for criminals because it would not only help save money‚ but also provide a better form of punishment for some criminals. In his argument‚ Jacoby fails to address issues at the point they are presented while also stating some irrelevant facts‚ which does somewhat
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1. Does Apple have a good founding team? Please‚ assess the team in terms their skills‚ networks‚ goals and values. Apple’s founding team started with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak‚ later joined by Mike Markkula. Does Apple have a good founding team? Yes. They have Steve Jobs for creating and promoting the ideas. In addition‚ Steve Jobs was able to establish the network‚ he helped Apple getting their first computer order. He also had a clear goal‚ establish their own company. Steve Jobs had some
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CASE STUDY: At Florida Gulf Coast University‚ Intelligent Essay Assessor Helps Save Required University Course Situation In 2000‚ Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) was considering canceling one of its required courses in the General Education Program. As one of the newest institutions in the Florida state university system‚ FGCU offered “Understanding Visual and Performing Arts” as a required course for entering freshman. Enrollment at the new university quickly exploded‚ and by 2000‚ the
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LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS PROJECT MGMT6354 PART 1: SELF-AWARENESS Leadership Self-Assessment: Readiness (p.11) Score 75 Interpretation 60-89: Moderate readiness for a leadership role. I see myself being able take up challenging role as a leader. I will be ready to implement important decisions with the help of other team members‚ and I will see myself as a team player. Skill Development In order to improve on my leadership skills‚ I must overcome challenging roles‚ and also learn from it. I
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Scene 5‚ Hamlet makes his two friends Horatio and Marcellus to swear that they must not reveal what they have just seen and heard. Only the readers‚ Marcellus and Horatio know that he is only pretending to be mad but he actually is not.|Hamlet‚ Horatio and Mercellus|We once again sympathize with Hamlet.|We sympathize with Hamlet because|| ||There is no antipathy is this example.||| In Act II Scenc 1 Ophelia reports to her father Polonius the strange behaviour of Hamlet. Polonius immediately concludes
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Jeff Bezos‚ the founder of Amazon.com‚ was born in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico in 1964. His mother‚ Jackie‚ was in her teens when he was born and she was only married to his biological father for about a year. She married Mike Bezos when Jeff was four. Mike was a Cuban who escaped to the United States when he was fifteen. He put himself through college in New Mexico and eventually became an engineer at Exxon. Jeff attended Miami Palmetto high school and was valedictorian of his class. He went to Princeton
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