Topics for the Argumentative Essay – Spring 2015 1. Governments from time to time take action to either increase population growth or to slow it down by means of providing incentives (e.g. reduced tax rates) or laws discouraging people from having more children than one or two (e.g. increased tax rates for every other child‚ even imprisonment sentences or forced abortions like in China etc.). a. Should governments have the right to intervene in the rights of the individuals with regard to family
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"Flowers for Algernon" Argumentative Essay By: Declan Franey Charlie Gordon’s doctors did not act ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smarter. The definition of ethics are the standards of right and wrong that tell what humans should do (Dobrin). The doctors did not meet these standards. The doctors tested on Charlie too early‚ and were trying to help themselves more than they were trying to help their patient. Charlie also ended up dying because of the testing. While some people
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Lazarus Thompson Cheri Carr PHIL 1102-010 9 February 2012 Argumentative essay: Total Recall “All things are not as they seem but a few things we actually “know” -Plato. As we see‚ appearance vs. reality can be interpreted many ways. One might believe things that are dreamed about is real‚ or maybe are thoughts of the mind of things that has never occurred. In saying that‚ “It’s just a dream” is what is said when he or she wakes up. For others‚ especially Secret Agents‚ more than half of
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Intro: Twizzlers are a well-loved‚ delectable candy that many Americans eat. But some critics disagree that this candy’s production should be shut down for good. Since I love Twizzlers‚ (especially the strawberry flavored ones) I disagreed with these critics. But after looking into the contents of the candy‚ I realized that they have a point. But‚ as a “Twizzler Lover”‚ I would never want the Hershey’s company to shut down the production of Twizzlers. Well‚ they certainly need to improve their
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Baby Shower A baby shower is a conventional celebration that emerged in the United States. The practice has now been adopted across the globe‚ from Europe to Asia. However in the latter‚ it is mostly attended by women only‚ whereas in the West men also take part in the festivities. There are various beliefs concerning baby showers; some choose to consider it for just the firstborn‚ others prefer to conduct the affair after the birth of the baby‚ and yet others believe that a birth in the family does
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He was there too‚ for a time‚ briefly‚ looking at her. There was a different kind of tension presented in that moment‚ though‚ as I surveyed him; his eyes were not soft like John’s‚ but hard and erratic‚ moving back and forth in nearly invisible movements. He looked like he was trapped‚ struggling to restrain himself. Rather than remain passive he followed her and took up the pen. My memory got more vivid as I considered Lucky’s work under Juno’s. It was odd to experience his illustrations from a
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Page 1 Tyler Swenson Dr. Rose English 101 03/13/15 Technology’s Ball-and-Chain of Freedom‚ Do we take hold or let go? We’ve come a long way since the very first computer was built. It took up an entire room and was only available for government purposes. Right after the first calculator was ever created they went forward with that technology to come up with computers that were used to try and encrypt certain Nazi messages during World War II (Computer History). This technology over the next
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Argumentative essay: Is the drinking age appropriate? I think that the drinking age is too high. Most other countries drinking age is anywhere from 16 to 18‚ and they do not really seem to have a problem with it. My thing is how whenever you turn 18 everybody considers you an adult‚ but you cannot even go to a bar and buy a beer for yourself. With our drinking age being 21‚ it is basically saying that they still consider a person from the age of 18 to 20 still a kid. Sure they are able to buy lottery
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without needing to use concentration or effort” (www.tm.org). They made it sound as if this is some new technique‚ but transcendental ideas have existed for centuries! Transcendentalism is a literary‚ philosophical‚ and spiritual movement of the 1800’s that began around Boston and Concord‚ Massachusetts. The act originated from a German Philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant. The movement began when the
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Autumn Schultz 11-7-12 Period 7 Media Violence Argumentative Essay Media is all around us‚ including the thousands of books‚ magazines‚ television shows‚ and newspapers that are sold or viewed every day. Now imagine people around the world turning on the television set to see guns‚ blood‚ and more. It is not even only adults seeing this. Children of all ages are picking up books and magazines and seeing violence. Death and gore is everywhere‚ and because of imitation and priming people are reacting
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