Rasheed McLain Dr. Maria Orban English 120 October 8‚ 2012 Dear Rasheed McLain‚ How many kids do you really believe want a curfew and actually will abide by all the rules given by their parents. I really believe it would not be a good idea. First of all a lot of kids would be bored coming in early. Secondly‚ a lot of kids would be so bored and sneak out and get in trouble for being out after their set curfew. Thirdly‚ kids summer would not be enjoyed to the fullest because their days are set
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“In July 2003‚ about 680 alleged Taliban members and suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists from 42 different countries were incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay. On July 23‚ 2003‚ U.S. Major General Geoffrey Miller said that three-quarters of the roughly 660 detainees had confessed to some involvement in terrorism. Many have informed about friends and colleagues”. For the unknowing‚ “Guantanamo Bay detainment camp serves as a joint military prison and interrogation camp under the leadership of Joint Task Force
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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 while being bad is an imperfection. A perfect being has all the perfections as properties. We have an idea of such a being as God. Premise 2: “Our
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types of arguments that speak about the existence of God. One of the most fascinating arguments for the existence of a completely perfect God is Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of God. It is indeed adequate for establishing the necessary existence of the Greatest Conceivable Being. Although there are several different versions of the argument‚ all pretend to show that it is contradictory to deny that there is a greater possible being. Therefore‚ in this general line of argument‚ it is
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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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Bills‚” gun control is something that is needed. He cites several episodes between Los Angeles and Detroit where the availability of obtaining a gun is so easy‚ that people roll up to someone‚ roll down a window and start spraying bullets. The argument being made here is that with guns being so easy to obtain‚ anyone is capable of carrying one. In a lot of cases‚ self defense is not the issue with them. A lot of gun crimes are out of “hair trigger tempers with a hair trigger weapon.” The big
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Arguments Supporting Torture to Protect America’s Security When at Risk Justifying the needs of implementing various methods of torture is strongly a recommended option to protecting America’s security and American citizens. While the debate of whether the use of torture is valid to protect the United States of America overall‚ supporters of the argument strongly argue that interrogating terrorists is only useful when various torture methods are involved. During one of the United States of America’s
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The teleological argument as put forward by St. Thomas Aquinas attempts to prove the existence of God by use of empirical evidence. Aquinas attempts this through three ways. The first way Aquinas attempts to prove the existence of God is through cause and effect. Every action or outcome must have a previous action that allowed that action or outcome to come about. This previous action must have been set in motion by another action. St. Thomas reasons that this infers an infinite chain of cause
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is the best life. However‚ I believe Aristotle’s argument is unsuccessful for the following reasons: Humans‚ from my understanding‚ are a super-intelligent form of animal. We have the forms of animals: our body requires energy‚ such as food and water. Humans can also practice reasoning to obtain
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particular philosophers who have formed strong opinions and arguments to address the question at hand and seem to have it all figured out. Philosophy and religion do indeed have an unsettled relationship‚ but this relationship only challenges minds‚ inspires people to think‚ and allows others to obtain a deeper and more detailed perspective. The philosopher St. Anselm presents an argument known as “The Ontological
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