Butow supports his argument by stating that the militarists’ “attitudes” eradicated any thought for surrender. Providing primary sources from Marquis Kido‚ Japanese governmental and military officials‚ Butow offers evidence that provides historians with a new perspective. The new perspective that Butow focuses on examines the terms of surrender offered to the Japanese at the Potsdam Conference. Through his investigation of the Potsdam terms‚ the author argues that Japan would have surrendered much
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Unit 1. Close Reading and Argument Essay I Schedule Bloggy 1 (1 double-spaced page or 300 words or less‚ not counting the quotation of your passage) due Wednesday‚ 19 September‚ 8 PM Rough draft due at class time‚ Monday‚ 24 September (3 pages minimum). Save in .doc format. Please upload this as an attachment to the course blog. Label the file clearly with name and assignment‚ like this: jsmithroughdraft1.doc. Conferences Monday‚ 24 September and Monday‚ 1 October
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be true. What we take to be true is our reality.” -Gary Zukav If all of this is true‚ how do you perceive God? The most fascinating argument for the existence of an all-perfect God is the ontological argument. The argument that God‚ being defined as most great or perfect‚ must exist‚ since a God who exists is greater than a God who does not. The ontological arguments claim that once we understand
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Author of the above argument contends that Palean buckets were not uniquely Palean. The argument put forth by the author seems coherent at first glance; upon scrutiny‚ however‚ the argument appears seriously flawed and based on several questionable premises and assumption. The most glaring error in the author’s line of reasoning is his acceptance of archaeologists discovery. Firstly‚ they found a similar Palean basket in Lithos which was across the Brim river from Plaean. Paleans might do trade with
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reasons‚ going against independence seems like the better choice for the colonies. The arguments for independence are
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philosophers is essential in illustrating the closest possible parallel in real life to his model city by taking account of the occasion of the argument and acting as the foundation of his argument. One of the main reasons Plato delves into this explanation
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argue that Descartes’ argument for scepticism‚ (Cartesian doubt) conveyed in his First Meditation through three stages of doubt‚ is the most compelling‚ and evaluate the reasons for this being so. • Written as a means for us to better understand what we know‚ not necessarily as a way for Descartes to discuss his own views on why we should be skeptical about everything‚ however the criticisms the Meditations produced can also be contested. To this extent‚ Descartes’ argument is most compelling as
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Marriage Equality “Our nation was founded on a bedrock principle. “We are all created equal”...This morning the Supreme Court recognize that the constitution guarantee marriage equality. Doing so‚ they reaffirm that all American are entitle to the equal protection of the law. That all people should be treated equally regardless of who they are‚ or whom they love…”(Whitehouse). This is part of a speech made by President Barrack Obama after the Supreme Court passed the decision on marriage
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he is the one that started this essay on the trail of finding how different authors reflect on this topic of fear. Furedi starts his topic with “The only thing we have to fear is the “culture of fear” itself” (Furedi‚ 2007‚ pg. 1). In stating his argument that” fear is playing a key role in the twenty-first century” he is making a claim without any support to back his statement at this time (Furedi‚ 2001‚ pg.1). The style of Furedi’s writing is a mixture between formal and informal‚ in the range of
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C. Calhoun‚ and William Joseph Harper were some of the men most famous for propagating the pro-slavery argument. Slavery was the economic foundation in the southern states during the 1800’s. The defenders of slavery in the south had several arguments that they used to rationalize slavery. One argument was that ending slavery would destroy the economy in the south. Another pro-slavery argument was that slavery was a natural state of mankind since it has existed throughout history. The southern states
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