1. “I like the rain. Some people will tell you that the sun is the best‚ but they are wrong. What waits for you in the sun? Skin cancer. What waits for you in the rain? Puddles to jump in. I’ll take puddles over cancer any day.” Tell me as much as you can about this passage as an argument (especially the parts). p1. Sun will bring skin cancer. p2. Rain will bring puddles that we can jump. p3: Pain is bad‚ joy is good. If a thing causes more good things than bad things‚ then it is better. p4:
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Hi Sherry‚ You discovered an interesting example from Obama. You have justified your points‚ providing supportive reasoning behind your thoughts. You were able to link theory with practical application and real-world settings. However‚ remember that in an inductive argument‚ you cannot guarantee the conclusion. A deductive argument follows the if “this” than “that” format‚ so it must be true. Please see my attached comments regarding 1 premise/conclusion issue‚ 1 strict/loose‚ and 3 in part
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Charles H Lawrence first begins his essay by presenting himself as a political dissenter. He does this to establish some sort of credibility as a free speech advocate‚ supposedly in contrast to what he will continue to speak about. While there is no mystery why he does this in my estimation‚ in so doing he perpetuates what I believe to be a fundamental misconception about free speech as it relates to law and the continued health of democracy. If free speech is to have any power at all‚ the ability
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Mill - Dworkin debate 1. Mill’s utilitarian argument against paternalism "I forego any advantage which could be derived to my argument from the idea of abstract right as a thing independent of utility. I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions; but it must be utility in the largest sense‚ grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being". Mill does not argue that liberty is a right but rather that giving people liberty has beneficial consequences. Mill thinks
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A Call to Arms Nearly 250 years have passed since the American Revolution‚ a time of political turmoil and chaos. It was accepted among colonial politicians at the time that there was conflict between America and Britain‚ but many disagreed that conditions were bad enough to justify war. Many speeches were given on either side of this question. Patrick Henry’s 1775 speech to the Virginia convention urging the colonists to fight is remembered while others are forgotten because it was an ingenious
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Equity Essay 1. Introduction Two jurisdictions of law exist in Australia: equity and common law. ‘Equity is ‘the body of law developed by the Court of Chancery in England before 1873. Its justification was that it corrected‚ supplemented and amended the common law. It softened and modified many of the injustices at common law‚ and provided remedies where‚ at law‚ they were either inadequate or non-existent.’[1] Common law is ‘the unwritten law derived from the traditional law of England as
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Ethical Lens Inventory Reflection My personal ethical lens is “Rights-responsibility and results lens.” The ethics game defines this lens as “I balance rationality and my intuition to decide how to complete tasks for the best of an individual.” Ethical lens report www.ethicsgame.com The results of the Ethical Lens Inventory (ELI) state my strengths as making choices for the greater good of everyone involved. I make it priority that each person’s rights are protected to assure everyone in the
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Introduction Indeed media could play vital role for strenghtening democracy and revamping the institutions but unfortunately the faint glimmer of hope also turned as bitter enemy for the democracy.No one can gainsay that in current scenario when media had to rebuild tornished image of our country it failed to identify its role.in simple words we can say it acted as zardariphobic.i think v need a responsible media which can improve our image n bring closer all units of society n hence can lead a
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Interpreters’ and Translators’ department Do the Press Have Too Much Freedom? Freedom of expression has always been emphasized as an essential basis for the democratic functioning of a society. The reasons for this are: the right of an individual to self-fulfillment‚ which right requires the communication of thought and an attempt which is frustrated if information is suppressed or comment blocked. For this we need press and it has to be free for being unbiased. Newspapers is an
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Jason Dov Greenblatt has been working for and with Donald trump just over 16 years. As the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Trump Industries. As a religious individual he believes it is important to pass down traditional practices‚ for he is an Orthodox Jew. As an individual who practices his religion‚ there have been multiple occurrences where Jason misses business deals and his partner Donald allows for him to go home and pray. His work environment is one that respects individuals
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