The Ontological Argument: An explanation and critical assessment Phil 361 Lec 01 Professor: Reid Buchanan Ryley Braun‚ 10013764 April 16‚ 2010 The ontological argument is an attempt to refute skepticism of God and prove His existence through reason alone. The philosopher‚ Saint Anselm‚ presented his work on the ontological argument‚ or argument from reason‚ in his text the Proslogium. The argument‚ on the surface‚ is very logically convincing and attempts to allure even the skeptic of
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7 Ways Your Siblings Have Shaped You: Brothers as guidance can be bad at sometimes. Siblings are a blessing and a curse. A sibling is the longest relationship most people will have. people can be more affected/shaped by their siblings than by their parents. siblings shape each other in important ways. Siblings can buffer stress‚ provide good practice for interacting with peers and a good relationship with peers. They may help raise our vulnerability towards mental-health issues like depression
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Challenging Employers Brooks‚ A. (2011‚ October). Employee health care challenging employers. Retrieved from www.financialexecutives.org In today’s workforce‚ employers are facing more and more challenges when it comes to employee healthcare benefits. With Obama Care rolled into implementation phase‚ changes to the structure and procedures have changed for Human Resource Departments within companies throughout the nation. In the article Employee Health Care Challenging Employers we see firsthand
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Euthanasia: The Argument Euthanasia is defined as; “the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependant human being for his or her alleged benefit. (The key word here is “intentional”. If death is not intended‚ it is not an act of euthanasia.)” Source: www.euthanasia.com/definition The act of euthanasia is a very controversial issue which has many supporters‚ both for and against and has been a topic of the world’s media‚ time and time again. There are arguments both for and against
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blood-thirsty raiders. It has been a long belief that they were malevolent barbarians. Vikings had truthfully‚ never acted like wild and dirty looking people. After thousands of year of being interpreted as bad people‚ Vikings deserve a better name. The Vikings absolutely did not deserve their bad reputation. Vikings were naturally born raiders. In order to survive‚ the Vikings had to steal from others since they were unskilled in farming. Their homeland‚ Scandinavia‚ had poor farming land since the
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story and we may never know the answer. This story is a great example of the cosmological argument. In order to comprehend the cosmological argument‚ we first have to explain its meaning. The cosmological arguments are one of the most important arguments for the existence of God‚ this argument is the most used around the world. For example‚ the existence of God and the beginning of the universe. The arguments states that everything on the earth had to have a beginning of existence and it could not
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Do Footballers Deserve High Salaries ? Many people around the world think footballers are paid too much money for doing too little effort. However‚ this can be argued because they are people who have created their life around sport and therefore should be rewarded. So‚ do footballers deserve high salaries? There are some famous footballers who are paid a crazy amount of money every year‚ millions‚ and they put it to no use. If you think about the third world people who would be so grateful
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The whole point of the story in advertising is to effectively deliver the desired call to action. The effectiveness of an advertisement seeks to appeal to the emotions‚ make a connection‚ and impact the audience. In other words‚ an ad is effective when it grabs the audience’s attention and that people are receptive to what they see and read on a commercial. As part of the effectiveness‚ ad creators found out that if they associate their products with high-profiled personalities‚ it will generate
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and physical. My father had broken my nose and I couldn’t tolerate the abuse any longer. I continued to work with the women’s center while going through therapy and spoke at telethons to raise money. Typically‚ when people think of DV they don’t think of a parent abusing their children‚ I was determined to raise awareness. I also was fortunate enough to go to college on full scholarship through a great foundation called the “Sunshine Lady Foundation” in which they help women who were victims of Domestic
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Queen‚ was the epitome of “popular girl”. You know that girl; the Regina George of Mean Girls and Heather Chandler from the Heathers. As common for the “popular girl”‚ she was definitely disliked more than she was liked. With that in mind‚ you can imagine that the anticipated applause did occur‚ however was quite sarcastic. Comments stirred through the gym quickly as the crown was placed on her little‚ blonde head and she sat down on the royal throne. You know‚ we shouldn’t have to deal with her
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