Former Notre Dame Football coach‚ Knute Rockne‚ once said‚ “Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure‚” (“The Future of Steroids”). The importance of winning in sports and being the greatest has grown immensely. This unquenchable desire to be stronger‚ faster‚ and more agile than the opponent‚ has caused many athletes to stop at nothing to be the best; this pressure has caused athletes to take banned and illegal substances known as performance-enhancing drugs (Performance-enhancing
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withstand legal challenge” (Should the NBA). The rule he was referring to was eventually put into action‚ but not without disagreement from both sides of the argument. The following will present to you the reasoning behind both points of view on this matter. Those who oppose this rule use past players’ success as an example for their argument. According to a study by Michael McCann‚ a professor at Vermont Law School‚ of the twenty six players drafted between 2002 and 2005‚ twenty were still playing
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Mapping an Argument Kimberly Williams CRT/205 11/11/2012 University of Phoenix Mapping an Argument What is the Issue? I have decided to read about the Traditional newspapers are becoming extinct. The issue with this is the cost of the newspapers going up and how the Internet is taking over the place of the newspaper. People are now depending on the Internet for their sources instead of the newspapers. The competition-deflecting effects of printing cost got destroyed by the Internet. The
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Writing Assignment Number 2: The Ontological Argument Through the ontological argument‚ Anselm seeks to prove that God exists and he attempts to refute the fool who says in his heart that there is no God. This fool has two important characteristics: he understands the claim that God exists and he does not believe that God exists. Gaunilo plays the role of the “fool” and challenges Anselm’s ontological argument. I will argue that Anselm’s response to Gaunilo’s attack is not adequate
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In his work "The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law" Emer de Vattel uses authoritative appeals which express his views to the reader that in an international society of sovereign states‚ each state has certain undeniable rights and duties to which they are obligated. He states that in the law of nature men have mutual duties to assist one another. Since men are incapable of providing sufficient for themselves to improve their state of being‚ they must therefore "work together for the
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that her family owns guns and does not want to give them up fully either. The NRA statement tries to build up its ethos in the beginning of the article by explaining their reasons for holding off on making a statement. They could have improved their argument by keeping their ethos up throughout the entire statement instead of just touch and go. Pathos is used extremely well in both of these articles‚ but with a topic like gun violence that is kind of a given. With Giffords being shot‚ she has a different
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Position Paper #3 10/30/2012 Professor Lincoln Passmore (MWR 9:15-10:20) The death penalty is a topic of much controversy in the modern world both on a personal level and a geopolitical level. There are many arguments for and against it but I feel that‚ though many people may and will disagree with me‚ there is a black and white correct answer‚ which I will discuss at the conclusion of this paper. Through history the death penalty has taken many incarnations: the gallows‚ the gas chamber‚ the firing
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good of the many. Utilitarian moral theories evaluate the moral worth of action on the basis of happiness that is produced by an action. Whatever produces the most happiness in the most people is the moral course of action. I will give the best arguments against Utilitarianism‚ and show in my own opinion‚ why I think they are wrong. The strongest counterargument against Utilitarianism would have to be Sterling Harwood’s eleven objections to the theory. Sterling Harwood states that even he does
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Student Name: ZHANG QIWEI Student ID Number: B414498 Arguments for and against LFO abolition in the US What are the arguments in favour of retaining LIFO? The arguments are being made on a number of different grounds so be clear to separate these out. What are the arguments in favour of the US abolishing LIFO? Should decisions on matters such as this be made on the basis of what is the most appropriate from an accounting perspective (i.e. principles) or from the perspective of the impact of
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Mapping an Argument CRT/205 professor name By Student name May 2‚ 2014 Article # 4 Solving the critical thinking puzzle by Traci Ashcraft The issue in this article is how important it is to have critical thinking skills and how to incorporate it into making the best decisions in the nursing field so the patient can have the best outcome. It is essential to make the decisions taken to be effective and safe for the patient. The stated premises is
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