Section 1: Socrates’ argument Socrates sits in a prison cell‚ sentenced to death. His wealthy friend Crito has come to speak with him as he waits for a ship from Delos to return and allow executions to begin. Socrates knows that he‚ “must die the day after the ship arrives (Plato‚ 44).” Socrates also knows that he is not guilty of the crimes he was convicted of‚ stating‚ “There have been many who have accused me to you for many years now‚ and none of their accusations are true (Plato 22).” It is
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Torture is Never Acceptable Torture is never acceptable because people harm animals and people. People harm people and animals; Why do you think people have more intense reactions to hearing about torture than they do to hearing about bombings or other acts of war. What does it mean when the President of the United States announces that America must reject the false choice between our security and our ideals? What is it about our founding principles that makes Americans feel so strongly about torture;
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between mind and the body. The argument against this theory is that mind is private and only the person of his own mind has access to it. Others can only observe behavior and take a guess about the content of the mind. Weakness of dualism lays in the lack of rational understanding about interaction between brain and mind. One can explain the interaction between mind and brain if they believe in supernatural dimensions that are responsible for that. Another argument is based upon what happens when
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Jenna Vanderpool Mr. O’Connor AP English Literature 12 January 2015 FERPA: Flaws in Educational Regulations for Political Alleviation Privacy plays a major role in every aspect of life from professional to personal. Our lives should not be displayed for everyone to see unless we give the say so. Schools and other educational institutions promote this right to students through the federal law of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act‚ FERPA. But FERPA is not always the best avenue to follow when
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The argument against abortion is subject to personal interpretation and it should not be legislated against. Illegal abortion is also rife with discrimination. The fourteenth amendment prohibits states from violating an individual’s rights of due process and equal protection.. The first‚ fourth‚ ninth‚ and fourteenth amendments explain that each citizen has an individual right to privacy against state laws (Kelly par. 4). Abortion should not be prohibited in the United States because the
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the Law The Convention is legally binding on ratifying countries. Although several articles imply a right to abortion‚ Article 12 is most relevant. Article 12 1. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate all discrimination against women in the field of health care in order to ensure‚ on a basis of equality of men and women‚ access to health care services‚ including those related to family planning. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article‚ States Parties
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unknowable or altogether false. If one chooses to ignore this obvious fact‚ there is little that can be done to argue‚ for argument assumes that rational thought processes are at work. As Hank Hanegraaff has said‚ "Even those who deny reality look both ways before they cross the street." One popular example skeptics use to disprove attainable knowledge is the Brain in the Vat argument. "The Brain in the Vat scenario is a thought experiment designed to show the plausibility of radical skepticism. If we
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There are many different topics and subjects that can go as far back as our first ancestors that people argued against one another. Each person wanting to prove the other wrong. Some of the questions have been answered today like the sun is in fact the center of the solar system and everything revolves around it. Before‚ many people believed earth was the center of the universe and would kill others that didn’t go along and agree. There are some subjects that have not been answered however. Everyone
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Kelcey PHIL 1320 Brant September 23‚ 2010 An Argument against Egoism I shall argue that the ideas of both psychological and ethical egoism are fundamentally flawed and should not be practiced. Egoism is flawed because it ignores the fact that people have a predisposition for compassion toward others that cannot be completely expelled from their motives of action. Egoism is also flawed due to the fact that altruism cannot coexist with egoism; therefore‚ because there is altruism in the world
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not. While most people have probably already formed their own opinion on the matter‚ it may not be as cut and dry as they first thought once they hear the argument from both sides. There is countless different types of interrogation techniques that involve some form of torture of another(“A Torture Debate”). While many people may be against the techniques‚ there’s a reason they are used. They work. When you can push someone to the brink where they will do anything possible for it to stop‚ you can
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