given consideration in the society and this includes both animals and humans. Also‚ animals cannot speak for themselves and for this reason they should be treated equally‚ protected and given the same respect as human beings. Peter singer’s approach also supports the argument on equal consideration in that animals deserve the same respect as human beings but just in a different view. In today’s society humans exploit animals for milk‚ meat‚ fur‚ scientific experimentation etc. and animals are constantly
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April 14‚ 2014 Prompt: Should offensive speech‚ like hate speech and bullying - online or in person - be restricted and prohibited? “On October 17‚ 2006‚ Megan Meir‚ a thirteen-year-old girl in Dardenne Prairie‚ Missouri‚ who had been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and depression‚ committed suicide because of postings on MySpace‚ an Internet social networking site‚ saying she was a bad person‚ whom everyone hated and the world would be better off without” (John O. Hayward). Throughout
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------------------------------------------------- Automatic Bidirectional Visitor Counter Project Report ------------------------------------------------- Automatic Bidirectional Visitor Counter Project Report Table of Contents Executive Summary2 Introduction2 Working2 Components Used3 89C513 Light emitting diodes (LEDs) 4 Infrared Sensors 4 Seven Segment Display 6 Transistors 7 Circuitry7 Applications8 Future Development8 Conclusion8 1. Executive Summary
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Explain Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument Thomas Aquinas developed five ways to prove Gods existence. The first three are key to the Cosmological argument. These are from motion‚ causation‚ and contingency. He presented his work on these in the Summa Theologica‚ where he accepts that it may be impossible to prove the God of Classical theism caused the universe to exist‚ but believes that what God does proves Gods existence. The first way is from motion‚ Aquinas emphasises that motion means changes
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that divorce is not always bad. The main argument of divorce being acceptable in some situations is backed up by three arguments. The reasoning behind each individual argument are: abuse‚ differences that can’t be reconciled‚ and elements relating to kids. The sub argument about kids also branches out into other reasonings. Sentence (1) is where the author introduces their religious background‚ which does not play a major role in the argument. The main argument is revealed in sentence (3) “divorce is
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In a paper by Peter Singer entitled‚ “Voluntary Euthanasia: A Utilitarian Perspective” (2003)‚ he concludes that the “utilitarian case for allowing patients to choose euthanasia‚ under specified conditions and safeguards‚ is strong.” In the body of his paper‚ he discusses the different conditions and safeguards that would have to be met in order for this to be allowed in reference to utilitarianism. These conditions and safeguards
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Singer’s use of Gimpel in “Gimpel the Fool” is both an interesting and odd choice. Gimpel‚ was called a fool since he was always found believing some lie or the other. However‚ Gimpel himself believes that he is not a fool since he can see through all the disguises that the town tries to use. Instead of just pointing out how the town always does this‚ Gimpel chooses to follow through with the joke. In fact‚ this is the cycle that is repeated with every lie: tell Gimpel the lie‚ he decides believes
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PETER SINGER’S “FAMINE‚ AFFLUENCE AND MORALITY” In his article “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” Peter Singer gives a seemingly devastating critique of our ordinary ways of thinking about famine relief‚ charity‚ and morality in general. In spite of that very few people have accepted‚ or at any rate acted on‚ the conclusions he reaches. In light of these facts one might say of Singer’s arguments‚ as Hume said of Berkeley’s arguments for immaterialism‚ that “… they admit of no
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THE THREE ELEMENTS OF A PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT: ETHOS‚ LOGOS‚ AND PATHOS Aristotle (384-322 b.c.e.) studied with the great philosopher Plato and tutored young Alexander the Great. He wrote more than 400 books‚ including the Rhetoric‚ which is used to this day as a foundational work in the study of argumentation. Aristotle said that rhetoric (argumentation) involves using all the available means of persuasion and he defined the means of persuasion as ethos (personal credibility)
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in government shared Roosevelt and New Deal supporters’ preservation philosophy for places and spaces in America. In the 1950s and 1960s‚ several engineering projects quickly came about with no forethought impacts to the environment or humankind. Those that expressed discontent shifted rhetoric from preservation of and protection for land and nature to advocate for
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