questions a computer based on logic can answer. In an explicit argument‚ it would look something like this: humans have no limits to what logical questions they can
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latter part of Descartes proposition namely ‘that is a mind‚ soul‚ understanding or reason’ (Ibid‚ 2000); conceiving it to be erroneous; for it ostensibly reads ‘I am thinking‚ therefore I am a thought’. This is condemned by Hobbes as a spurious argument for it does not seem logical to say a thinking thing equates its faculty of thinking. Nor is it logical to say ‘I understand‚ therefore I am an understanding’ (Ibid‚ 2000). Surely rather from Hobbes’ point of view‚ it is efficacious to contend ‘I
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obligation to the company? Loyalty at the base is a strong feeling of support or allegiance. Ronald Duska in his argument for whistleblowers on the basis that one does not have loyalty to a company. Duska defines loyalty as a relationship between two or more people (a group) brought together for mutual fulfilment and support Duska then focuses on loyalty within a group in order to make his argument against a company deserving the similar level of loyalty. “A group takes on an identity and a reality of
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In the Republic written by Plato‚ Glaucon presented an argument concerning “the nature and origin of justice”. This argument has caused many beliefs and interpretations from Glaucon about justice. Glaucon presents his arguments by stating the four premises and what each one of them mean. His first premise is “It is by nature good to harm”. This premise is broken up into different meanings by nature‚ being referred to character individuality‚ good being referred to an enjoyable experience and harm
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the founding fathers wrote a constitution the did not fit all Americans. The constitution was written for the white male. African Americans and women did not have these rights until later on in history. The question also is apparent in the abortion argument‚ Gary Bauer a prominent figure in the Pro-life movement fights to say unborn fetuses are people. The meaning of a person and who deserve constitutional is expanding. In history it wasn’t always so easy and people had to fight for their
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In this paper I am going to argue that Strawson’s argument‚ which says that people cannot be ultimately morally responsible for who they are‚ is wrong. I base my answer in the concept of free will‚ which I am going to explain once I have clearly established Strawson’s point of view. Strawson claims that we cannot be ultimately morally responsible for our actions whether or not determinism is true. Strawson’s claim is based in the Basic argument‚ which states the following: (1) nothing can be the
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People with self-control can control their emotions. During an argument‚ they control their natural tendency to become extremely upset or sad. However‚ temperate people in an argument understand that emotions will only make their argument worse‚ so they don’t have their emotions overcome them. Next‚ people with self-control suppress their desires to eat a whole pizza in one setting. They don’t eat
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Mitt Romney. On the surface‚ Gingrich is making a strong argument against Romney’s‚ in Gingrich’s words‚ “sucking up.” From a critical view‚ however‚ Gingrich actually commits one of several fallacies that often serve to weaken one’s argument. In this case‚ Gingrich uses an unsupported assertion in order to have his argument appear stronger than it actually is. A fallacy is a mistaken belief which is usually based on an unsound argument. One example of a fallacy is called an unsupported assertion
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Jozui’s argument in this quote is that advertising that use celebrities to endorse or promote the product is not effective at all and rather insulting to the person watching said advertisement. She also argues that because this is insulting to the consumer‚ there should be rules and guidelines for advertisers to follow so that the advertisement is more effective and does not at all insult the viewer’s intelligence at all. I agree with Jozui’s argument that celebrities endorsing and promoting products
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A problem with Thomson’s argument is why others should have to admit to the fact that a woman has no more obligation to her own child than she has to a violinist that she has never met before and doesn’t even know? Therefore‚ she is saying that the mother doesn’t have a commitment to her child that has yet to be born than she does to people whom she doesn’t know‚ especially in the case where the mother has been raped. Another problem that Thomson states in her piece of writing is that if own possessions
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