Butow supports his argument by stating that the militarists’ “attitudes” eradicated any thought for surrender. Providing primary sources from Marquis Kido‚ Japanese governmental and military officials‚ Butow offers evidence that provides historians with a new perspective. The new perspective that Butow focuses on examines the terms of surrender offered to the Japanese at the Potsdam Conference. Through his investigation of the Potsdam terms‚ the author argues that Japan would have surrendered much
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How successful is the Design Argument? The argument from design‚ otherwise known as the teleological argument‚ is an argument for the existence of God based upon the empirical evidence of the design of nature. The argument form design is considered as part of Natural theology. Defined Natural theology is a set of arguments that argue for the existence‚ in which their aim is not presuppose a belief in God‚ but rather have their starting point with the existence of the world‚ the order and purpose
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rights of potential persons and that there should be no restrictions on when an abortion must occur by. Her argument is a direct response to Noonan’s thesis which is that fetuses are humans and therefore have human rights. Noonan argues that “it is wrong to kill innocent human beings and fetuses are innocent human beings‚ then it is wrong to kill fetuses” (Warren‚ 338).
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Critical Argument Analysis - Fantasy Violence Laura Salter ENG/215 – Effective Academic Writing November 16‚ 2011 Critical Argument Analysis - Fantasy Violence Children’s programming has been a bone of contention for a very long time. As a parent and a grandparent‚ the article from this week that caught my attention was “Bang‚ You’re Dead” by Sara Rimensnyder. Since my daughter was young in the 1980’s‚ I have worried about the declining quality of children’s programming and the possible
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Argument from authority The basic structure of such arguments is as follows: Professor X believes A‚ Professor X speaks from authority‚ therefore A is true. Often this argument is implied by emphasizing the many years of experience‚ or the formal degrees held by the individual making a specific claim. The converse of this argument is sometimes used‚ that someone does not possess authority‚ and therefore their claims must be false. (This may also be considered an ad-hominen logical fallacy – see
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yesterday‚ July 23‚ 2013—the rubout argument has been proven by the investigative team. For this essay‚ the question will be—“Is it right to kill criminals?” Before we can answer the question‚ there are two things to consider? (1) Was the murdering of the two members of the Ozamiz group rooted on moralistic reasons—like what vigilantes do? Or (2)‚ because the two “implicated” certain police officers [names]? Here‚ we must answer both possibilities with an if-then argument. If (1) was true‚ then constitution-wise
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The argument therefore follows that there must be “Equality” in order for two objects to be compared; we can say two objects are equal but they do not possess true “Equality”. “Equality” in its true form cannot be experienced because it is a conception of what it means for two things to be perfectly equal. Even though we can conceive the idea of equality‚ we can not experience it‚ and neither can we do so whilst in the body‚ (iep.com). Since equality cannot be experienced through the body‚ it must
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An Argument for Clemency for Edward Snowden Edward Snowden was a hot topic in the news in 2013 after he released classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) to the media. This leak contained information about global surveillance performed by the United States‚ which involved monitoring email‚ tracking cell phones‚ and logging phone calls. Not only did this action force him into asylum overseas to avoid arrest‚ but it ultimately caused an uproar in the media and amongst the American
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Proposal Argument Dorm life. Most of us will go through college with the life changing experience of living in the dorms. Although it’s mandatory for freshmen to live in the dorm‚ the social life of it is not too bad. The one major problem most face though is the meal plan. Meal plans are designed to allow students the freedom to eat anywhere on campus and not worry about having cash. There are many options to choose from on campus and the meal plan covers all of our restaurants. Meal plans
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Descartes has three main arguments in his skeptic strategy; dream‚ deceiving God and the evil Genius. All these three arguments hold that we do not directly see external objects but rather through what our minds tell us which are the images formed by the external objects in our minds. In his argument about dreaming Descartes says dreams are a non-pathological to madness. Descartes argues that dreams depict that even under normal mental conditions our sensory knowledge can be deceptive. Dreams lack
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