Writing Assignment Number 2: The Ontological Argument Through the ontological argument‚ Anselm seeks to prove that God exists and he attempts to refute the fool who says in his heart that there is no God. This fool has two important characteristics: he understands the claim that God exists and he does not believe that God exists. Gaunilo plays the role of the “fool” and challenges Anselm’s ontological argument. I will argue that Anselm’s response to Gaunilo’s attack is not adequate
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25 September 2012 Argument on an Argument: Incentives for Charitable Acts We live in a world of opportunity. Everyone deserves an opportunity‚ but‚ unfortunately‚ not everybody gets one. For those who are less fortunate‚ receiving donations may be the only way they get by in life. There are many high schools‚ clubs and organizations that sponsor charity drives in exchange for incentives. The fact that such events are helping those who are in need makes it clear that people can be good‚ but that
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rights activists. Regan has written several essays on animal rights and is recognized as a key intellectual leader of the animal rights movement and has also written several books on the subject which makes him very credible in his writings. Regan’s argument is one of change‚ he’s trying to get us to change our views and persuade us that not all animal right activists are extremists. He starts his essay by telling us that “the world will have to change once we learn to treat animals with respect”‚ he
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Some people choose to be vegetarians to avoid sicknesses. Eating the wrong kind of food‚ such as greasy‚ fast food meals‚ can be detrimental for a person’s health. One health risk is obesity. “Unhealthy eating contributes largely to obesity” (Manzella‚ 2010). Manzella states that obesity occurs because people eat unhealthy. Another health risk of eating unhealthy is diabetes. “The epidemics of obesity and Type II‚ or late-onset diabetes‚ are rising in parallel‚ driven by modern lifestyles” (Laurance
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Task 1.1: Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years. All children and young people develop at different rates‚ but the order which they advance in differs very little. Children’s development tends to progress from head to toe‚ inner to outer‚ from simple to complex and from general to specific. Each child’s physical‚ social‚ emotional‚ and intellectual and language development will be looked at through age stages. All of these categories are as important
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development and the language development. Each area of development is as important as the other and all influence the other. We use milestones to mark a child’s achievement and to determine the end of one developmental stage to the other. The milestones develop in the age ranges of 0-3 years‚ 3-7 years‚ 7-12 years and 12-19 years. Every child and young person develops at a different rate and therefore this is only a guide to the development in children and young people. The physical development involves
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Argument Organizer Choose one of the following questions to answer for the argument essay in this module. Does our state do enough to prevent distracted driving? OR Can a Public Service Announcement (PSA) help reduce the number of distracted driving incidents? Part One 1. Write the claim you will present in your argument essay. 2. Write the counterclaim that you will refute in your argument essay. Part Two Identify research sources that you will use in your argument essay. Include at least
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To what extent does Gaunilo’s criticism of Anselm’s argument succeed in demonstrating that the argument fails? Gaunilo‚ a Benedictine monk and contemporary of St Anselm was the first to raise objections to Anselm’s idea that God exists by definition‚ claiming within “On behalf of the Fool” that Anselm’s argument was not logical and needed to be discredited. Gaunilo famously claimed that Anselm’s conclusion that the non-existence of God is “unintelligible” cannot show that God necessarily exists
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An Argument for Evolution Tori Brotherton Lynchburg College Evolution is defined as the change in frequency of genetically determined characteristics within a population over time. There are three key points to consider when referring to this definition. First‚ evolution only occurs in populations‚ which are defined as groups os organisms of the same species that are able to interbreed and are genetically similar. Second‚ genes determine the characteristics displayed by organisms. Third‚ the
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Argument Essay By: Mina Gedeon Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others‚ to really step in someone else’s shoes. In literature empathy is a major role for emotion in a story‚ it can be viewed and used in many different ways. It can be handled to expose certain characters characteristics and much more. In a novel you must determine how a character feels towards others which can be shoed by empathy. In the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee‚ there are quite a
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