and driving‚ adapts them to say “if they can do‚ I can do it too”. Another statistic from “Texting and Driving Safety‚” says that “48% of young drivers have seen their parents drive while talking on the phone‚” – also‚ 15% teen drivers have viewed their parents text while driving. Like I said‚ teens get influenced by their parents‚ and do as they do. But teens shouldn’t follow their footsteps. Teens should know that is dangerous‚ but no‚ they tend to do it because they think it’s easy and not that
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If you asked someone‚ “What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘gun’‚” I bet you the average person would say something along the lines of violence‚ death‚ or war. This doesn’t have to be the case. Guns can mean protection‚ safety‚ and survival. Gun control is a very controversial topic that has been discussed for years. Proponents of more gun control often want more laws to try to prevent mass shootings‚ and call for smart gun laws‚ background checks‚ and more protections
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Animals are the primary test subjects for experimental research being performed in the scientific field around the world today. Despite the widespread use of animal testing‚ the issue remains a thriving debate formed on the argument of morality over practicality and function. Many proponents of animal testing argue that the research performed on these test subjects has led to medical breakthroughs that would still be a mystery today without the use of animals as testing subjects. Proponents correlate
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every part of the world gun violence has increased and gun control has become hot topic for debate. Do carrying guns makes society safe or dangerous? Studies by New Stanford (2014) showed‚ increase in gun ownership increased crime. So‚ gun control is demanded. But there are many people who are against gun control. People often argues that they have right to own a gun‚ its for the self defense etcetera. Do people really consider while purchasing gun? Somehow its correct‚ people have right to own gun for
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You would think that based on what I have heard from my peers that they are very uncomfortable with the Peter Singers ideas on donating all money beyond what they need to charity. Although they did think that it was a good idea‚ they didn’t necessarily believe that it was a moral decision. Of the arguments that I heard against Singer‚ and I did hear many‚ I don’t think that they are created equal. I’ll mention three in detail and some justifications that I heard that aren’t as relevant. First‚ Zach
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2017 Every Citizen a Soldier The opposition argues that mandatory military service conflicts with many religions and is unfair to certain peoples. Branches of Christianity‚ Islam‚ Judaism‚ Hinduism‚ and Buddhism‚ along with many other faiths‚ oppose all forms of violence. Not only around the world‚ but in the U.S. specifically‚ much of the population is religious‚ majority Christian. Those apart of strict divisions of Christianity and other religions can be considered conscientious objectors‚ who the
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What Makes a Good Argument? What makes a good argument? Is it one where we repeatedly push our ideas and beliefs without background information to support it? One ran by one-track minds that aren’t willing to look at the issue with new eyes? No it most certainly is not. A good argument is one derived from emotional connection and reason‚ Pathos and Logos make an argument engaging and factual. Pathos is a writer’s tool for appealing to a reader via an emotional connection. Empathizing with a person
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people are well into their 30’s and 40’s” (Edwards). Also those that are against lowering the drinking age claim that by lowering the drinking age there will be more alcohol getting into high schools. While it’s possible that alcohol could wind up more frequently in high schools‚ kids wouldn’t be as tempted to drink alcohol because it wouldn’t be such a taboo in our society if the legal age was lowered to 18. This has to do with the forbidden fruit desire I talked briefly
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To what extent is the cosmological argument weak? Although the cosmological argument is a strong argument for the theory that the universe it is a weak argument for the existence of the classical theological God. Thomas Aquinas was a very important man to the cosmological argument; it was him who came up with some of the strongest theories to support the argument. He came up with his five proofs which to him proved the cosmological argument to be true. One of his proof was the ‘cause’ proof
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Intuitively‚ when considering the nature of Goodman’s arguments on inductions concluding all emeralds green‚ and all emeralds grue‚ respectively‚ I find the former to be a far more compelling argument. My initial reasoning behind this revolves around my intuitive feelings regarding the compelling nature of the green argument itself‚ as well as two issues I find when comparing the two arguments. The first issue being that the definition of green does not seem to be time dependent while the definition
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