think that it should not be legalized because of its negative health effects‚ dangers to society‚ and because they don’t think that marijuana has any benefits to the community of our country. Because of the scope of this issue‚ there are many strong arguments for and against the legalization of marijuana. However‚ in my opinion‚ marijuana should not be legalized due to its harmful side effects‚ negative impact on our economy‚ and overall danger to society. The first reason marijuana should not be legalized
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An argument for human experimentation is that doing so can provide researchers with information that is needed to help find effective and ineffective treatment options. Without clinical trials and human experimentation we wouldn’t have the needed knowledge when it comes to releasing new medications‚ for example. Instead of experimenting with a controlled group of informed‚ consenting adults‚ we would instead be basically experimenting on people who take the untested drug. Surely there are cases where
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Civil disobedience will always positively impact a society that calls itself free‚ because a free society must allow for dissent. Peaceful resistance to law creates dialogue between people on both sides of the issue. Famous boxer Muhammad Ali peacefully protested the Vietnam war and the draft be simply refusing to go to war. He didn’t try leaving the country or going to college to avoid the draft. Instead‚ he made powerful statements explaining his thinking. He questioned the way things were‚ questioning
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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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The argument for design has evolved over time as both theologians and philosophers have needed to adjust their arguments supporting this theory to address an ever changing landscape of scientific‚ biological and cosmological discovery. Despite this the essence of the argument remains intact those in support of the theory would argue that our existence on this earth and in this universe is far too complex a chain of events to have happened by chance. That in fact the existence of the universe is itself
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Deductive Argument – Draft We live in an era of untold gasoline prices and frequent political dialogue about finding and using alternative forms of energy. Some of these alternative energy sources that are being bantered about and‚ in some places‚ implemented include solar‚ wind‚ and hydroelectric power. The majority of Americans would agree that all of these forms of alternative energy are safe and should be pursued as new means of powering the country. However‚ there is one well-known energy
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Paley’s Teleological Argument William Paley’s teleological argument is the concept of how an object such as a stone can exist simply because it has been in one spot forever when you can’t say the same thing about a mechanical device such as a watch. Paley’s conclusion to this argument is that he believes an object or device‚ or in his example the watch‚ is created for a specific function or purpose‚ regardless of if it works properly‚ is defective or whether we understand how or why it was created
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People with self-control can control their emotions. During an argument‚ they control their natural tendency to become extremely upset or sad. However‚ temperate people in an argument understand that emotions will only make their argument worse‚ so they don’t have their emotions overcome them. Next‚ people with self-control suppress their desires to eat a whole pizza in one setting. They don’t eat
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“To be truly morally responsible for what you do you must be truly responsible for the way you are – at least in certain crucial mental respects.”1 As suggested by Robert Kane in A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will‚ Premise (2) of the Basic Argument is where an objection must be made. According to Kane‚ “Is it the case that to be truly responsible for what you do‚ you must be truly responsible for the way you are (for your nature or character)?”2 As Kane suggests‚ through the examples of Mc
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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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