Josie Johnson 5th Period 1/19/15 Free Response Essay Every day there seems to be a controversial subject being discussed on the news‚ talk shows and the internet. Recently‚ the subject of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Ac) is debated everywhere. There are pros and cons to Obamacare. Although Obamacare is helpful to many‚ others see it as unfair‚ but with help from both sides a system that satisfies the needs of everyone should be obtainable. As far as pros‚ the Affordable Care Act contains many
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people. People harm people and animals; Why do you think people have more intense reactions to hearing about torture than they do to hearing about bombings or other acts of war. What does it mean when the President of the United States announces that America must reject the false choice between our security and our ideals? What is it about our founding principles that makes Americans feel so strongly about torture; possibly it is unethical. Torture is unacceptable because torture been in the world since
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political instability or any other public emergency‚ may be invoked as a justification of torture.” (United Nations Human Rights‚ 2013). The ‘greater good’‚ often used in utilitarian argument‚ seeks to ensure the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. This statement in itself has much to explain‚ but for the use in this essay‚ it will factor the ‘greater good’ as the greatest number of people in any one circumstance according to Western values. Moral absolution‚ explains the feeling that
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does not exist). His argument that all physical objects comprise ideas compressed in his motto esse is percipi (to be is to be perceived). Berkeley‚ in the Principles and Dialogues‚ affirms that all ideas are mind-dependent and all physical objects come from ideas. In this paper‚ I will examine George Berkeley’s summations of ideas and immaterialism‚ and‚ contrast them to‚ the conversations between Dialogues Between Hylas and Phylonous‚ the reading
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and origin‚ many individuals such as John C. Calhoun and George Fitzhugh‚ had no problem with treating blacks like property. However‚ with religious‚ political‚ and general arguments‚ others like Theodore D. Weld and Henry David Thoreau‚ felt that slavery was downright unacceptable and inhumane. This subject was a key argument in many debates‚ which have shaped the way our society is run. Southern senator‚ John C. Calhoun‚ believes that slavery is not corrupt‚ but is suitable in society‚ saying
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Writing an Argument Essay An argument may be described by many as a heated‚ sometimes belligerent falling out by two sides. While others may simply refer to an argument as an intellectual exchange of two opposing views. Whatever side of the debate an individual find themselves‚ most can agree that the delivery and content of any good argument is paramount in its effectiveness. So‚ the question now becomes‚ how to convey an argument with the same fire and power as writing an argument essay? Here
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STEPS IN EVALUATING AN ARGUMENT The following four steps are an efficient way to apply what you learned in this chapter—in other words‚ to evaluate your argument and overcome any errors in validity or truth that it may contain. 1. State your argument fully‚ as clearly as you can. Be sure to identify any hidden premises and‚ if the argument is complex‚ to express all parts of it. 2. Examine each part of your argument for errors affecting truth. (To be sure this examination is not perfunctory
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ASSIGNMENT 1 MODULE 1 SHORT ANSWER PAPER Distinguish between good and bad arguments. Give the elements of ethical arguments. On what grounds do you distinguish between fact and mere opinion? An argument is a group of statements where one of which is supposed to be supported by the rest. The premise is the supporting statement and the conclusion is the statement being supported. Ethical arguments must have premise(s) and a conclusion and may appear in any order. Often arguments have indicator
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paper‚ Carson points out 4 main arguments that we can derive from the recent corporate scandals (e.g. Enron‚ WorldCom). The arguments pointed out revolve around the flaws and inadequacy in current business approaches such as the stakeholder theory‚ shareholder theory and incentives system in corporations currently. In my response paper‚ I will make use of ethical theories such as Kantian ethics‚ Utilitarianism‚ Rawl’s theory of justice etc. to analyse the arguments made in the paper and to evaluate
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God Does Not Necessarily Have to Exist In Descartes’ Meditations‚ he makes the strong claim that God must exist. I will first explain what Descartes’s argument for God’s existence is‚ and then I will attempt to support the argument that God does not need to necessarily exist through objections and replies. Premise 1: “We have an idea of God as an infinite and perfect being.” First‚ Descartes believes that there are properties that are inherently perfect. For example‚ being good is a perfection
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