Part Two: Analytical Essay The appeal to tradition‚ also called argumentum ad antiquitatem‚ is a commonplace fallacy that posits that an idea is correct simply on the basis that it is similar to a past or present tradition. We see it everywhere: in government‚ in schools‚ in music‚ in the workplace‚ and even in sports. The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis is largely about this idea‚ where Lewis argues that even if something has been done traditionally for many years and worked‚ the traditional way
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Women Used as Sexual Objects in the Media: An Advertising Strategy or Window-Shopping for Men? Elif Çelikkaleli Academic Writing 104 Section 3 Dr. Milagros 28.11.2013 In certain countries or certain life styles‚ people’s lives are focused on consumption
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Kelsey Bradley Kendra Gallos English III Honors 6 April 2017 Homelessness Even though most teenagers are told by their parents not to give money to homeless people they see on the street when they are alone and the parents are just stereotyping against homeless people because they are all not like that‚ there is many homeless people out struggling and other people should help them because the most attention homeless people get is around Christmas time and after that people just kick them to the
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As soon as I walk into a room and smell germ x hand sanitizer I am thrown back into the days where I had chemotherapy. The picture that I get in my flash back is of a hospital room with me on the bed holding my dad’s hand while Dr. Salvi puts the needle into my port. Dr. Salvi was the best in the business‚ there was no better than him and his partener. I would not feel any pain as the doctor slips the butterfly needle into my port because I had put numbing cream on it two hour before. I had always
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Recently a poll was conducted among high school students to get their point of view on regifting. 89% of students said they enjoy receiving regifted gifts. Regifting is defined as giving a gift that one has received to another individual who the original owner did not intended for the gift to be for. Around Christmas time there are so many arguments on whether regifting is ethical or dishonest. So is it acceptable to regift? Regifting is very acceptable. For example‚ if your grandma gives you a shirt
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Green‚ Tall‚ and Scary are just a few of the words associated with the monster Frankenstein‚ however‚ this association is wrong. In today’s culture the monster from the story is often called Frankenstein‚ which may have a lot do with the title of the book‚ and the fact that the monster is never named. However‚ Frankenstein is the man who created the monster. Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelley‚ explains the events in which took place regrading Victor Frankenstein’s monster. Mary Shelley’s monster
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The concept of incarceration started to emerge in the United States as a form of control over minorities. This began shortly after the end of slavery and targeted freed slaves to provide free labor during prison. This system of large scale prisons continued to gain popularity after the large spike in drug use around the 1960’s and 1970’s. The problems we have today with mass incarceration is due to our deteriorating criminal justice system which originally provided rehabilitation programs and
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The essay “Crito” is a dialog between Socrates and Crito’s‚ who is trying to convince Socrates to escape from prison and his ultimate death. Both parties give good reasons on their positions‚ but it ultimately is Socrates’s decision. The Conversation begins with Socrates questioning Crito‚ why he is there so early‚ which he replied that he comes to the prison often and knows the “prison-warder” (43a). He continues to tell Socrates that he could not sleep because his friend is about to be executed
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While Winchester fails to address how individuals are affected in group settings‚ Baker’s article on Sorority Rituals and Fraternity Violence clearly depicts how women transform during the pledging process where moral influence is established when women are brought together. Hazing in most sororities are unreported and as a result‚ become accepted and is considered normal because it is the tradition. Baker talks about how hazing can lead to this cycle of longing for authority through mental‚ physical
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Have you ever observed that occasionally people use "simple" as a negative word? Likewise‚ you can visualize someone who says "this book is simple" and actually means "this book is not very smart". Well‚ that’s not what I mean when I say it. Sometimes a book can be straightforward for a reason. For example‚ recall when Ender plays the game and discovers a park full of wolf children (in Chapter 7)? And when he tries to use the playground‚ Ender’s character fails. Surely this game seems to tell us
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