The Either/Or Outlook Either/or Outlook – a claim that presents an artificially limited range of choices. An either/or fallacy occurs when a speaker makes a claim (usually a premise in an otherwise valid deductive argument) that presents an artificial range of choices. For instance‚ he may suggest that there are only two choices possible‚ when three or more really exist. Those who use an either/or fallacy try to force their audience to accept a conclusion by presenting only two possible options
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regardless of what societal stance is on the issue. Henry David Thoreau is best known for his independent thinking and controversial ideas. In his book Walden‚ he searches for and finds individuality. This is best shown through his perspective on the faults of man. Thoreau is very critical on human lifestyle and has a passionate distaste for all the faults of mankind. He discusses man ’s love for idleness‚ and stresses that all of man ’s work should be meaningful and sufficient. Robert Cosbey takes
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paragraphs Thoreau is using local reasoning‚ he is giving facts about events that have happened in our history to help build our government to how it is today. He them goes into ethical reasoning. He is trying to explain to people that we need a better government‚ one that does less in personal affairs and gives everyone the chances that they deserve. “Government is best which governs least.” He is placing his own thoughts out on the page‚ so people see where he is standing with the government. Thoreau
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Defending The Customer’s Personal Data Kanjuette Wakefield Customer Relations and Servicing – 1 Professor Lori Wortylko August 6‚ 2013 Defend an organization’s right to collect customer’s data. Should the company limit the use of this information? I am choosing to talk about Wal-Mart and the way they choose to protect the customer’s data that is collected when a customer uses a credit or debit card or a check at Wal-Mart. This establishment is here to protect the rights and concerns
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What is justice? Is it when a person’s demise makes society feel better? Or is it when a suspect gets acquitted of all charges brought against him? Wherever there is justice there is obscurity. No matter how it is looked at‚ there is no real justice in the judicial system. In Albert Camus “The Stranger” the narrator‚ Meursault‚ is being trialed for the murder of a man he encounters at the beach. At his trial‚ the prosecutor makes much of Meursault’s demeanor and the prosecutor focuses on irrelevant
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Debate: An Oppressive government is more desirable than no government at all Argument: An oppressive government provides safety and asylum while man in a natural state without government is not assured these things‚ and is also therefore denied peace. A government‚ however oppressive‚ provides safety and justice. Man is in a natural state of war and‚ as Hobbes said‚ "In a state of nature there are continual fear and danger of violent death‚ and the life of man solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish‚ and
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Throughout my experience with tragic plays‚ I started to like some of the ideas‚ concepts and moral beliefs of these plays. Reading works from William Shakespeare like Othello and now Hamlet it was easy to understand the messages he was trying to portray. After reading and analyzing Both Othello and Hamlet‚ I came to the conclusion that Shakespeare is a dramatist who writes about tragic and unfortunate drama. Therefore‚ the quote “Hamlet is a noble prince who suffers from a corrupt world that is
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Statement of Purpose / Motivation Letter Dear Sir/Madam‚ I came from Indonesia‚ a developing country in Southeast Asia where its total population reaches over 235 million by 2010. Indonesia‚ however still stumble in the >100th rank in terms of GDP‚ despite its richness in natural resources. Realizing this‚ Indonesian government and civilians start to built their beloved country‚ and one of our endeavour is to modernize our technolgies. Because we (Indonesian) believe that modernize
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The key legislation and regulation which govern the safeguarding of adults In this essay‚ I will be outlining the key legislation and regulation which govern safeguarding adults in keeping them safe. In health and social there are key acts which are made to ensure the safety of vulnerable adult and this includes the: safeguarding vulnerable group acts‚ the rehabilitation of offenders act‚ the police act‚ sexual offences act‚ care standards act‚ the care homes regulation‚ mental health act‚ mental
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AIM: I am carrying out an investigation to see which alcohol is the best fuel. I will do this by experimenting with different alcohols and setting them alight and measuring different factors. I will analyse all my results and try to discover patterns‚ which should help me to conclude which alcohol is the best fuel. PLAN ==== This is how my experiment will be set out: ========================================== Keeping this experiment a fair test ===================================
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