Interview with the Opposition: Gay Marriage I chose to use this assignment as an opportunity to discuss my viewpoints on gay marriage with my wife. We tend to agree on most other subjects and really feed off of each other’s opinions and beliefs‚ so I thought maybe this assignment would help shine some light on why exactly we disagree. And maybe more importantly‚ which one of us is right (ha-ha-ha). I think it’s important to mention that we both come from very similar backgrounds. Having grown
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Plato’s view of rhetoric—Ability and deception versus the genuine art Both written by the famous Greek philosopher Plato‚ Gorgias and Phaedrus share a recurring theme -- the discussion of the art of rhetoric. Through the discussions among Socrates‚ Gorgias‚ Chaerephon‚ and Polus in “Gorgias”; and Phaedrus and Socrates’ heated dialogue in Phaedrus‚ I noticed Plato’s favour towards the art of rhetoric and his disapproval against the deceptive rhetoricians. In this essay‚ I will explore Plato’s
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In my view the statement ‘the social responsibility of business is to increase profit’ is true to a point‚ however‚ I believe a corporation’s responsibilities spread beyond just maximising profits. The ‘Narrow View’ argues that profit maximisation is the only objective for a business. Levitt.T wrote‚ “In the end business has only two responsibilities- to obey the elementary canons of face-to-face civility (honesty‚ good faith and so on) and to seek material gain”. Milton Friedman argued that business
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Marxist sees ‘all social institutions as serving the interests of capitalism’. This including the family‚ it suggests that they help to maintain and justify capitalism by reinforcing class inequality and exploitation from the rich. Another opinion on this is the functionalist approach in which they think the family performs the essential needs of the society. Both Marxist and functionalist ideas contrast as functionalists see society based on value consensus in which everyone agrees whereas Marxists
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BIBLICAL WORLD VIEW ESSAY BIBL 110 In The Essence of the New Testament: A Survey‚ Towns and Gutierrez‚ the authors concur with other Biblical scholars understanding that “the teaching of Romans is not only crucial for Christian theology‚ but the greatest revivals and reformations throughout the history of Christianity have resulted from an increased understanding and application of the teaching of this epistle” This essay will attempt to summarize how the first 8 chapters of this amazingly
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grows cold; wet grows dry; parched grows moist." He teaches that all things are flux; nothing is permanent‚ but everything is constantly becoming something else or going out of existence. "All things flow and nothing stands" Heraclitus’ Monistic views led him to believe that the ‘One’ thing that stemmed reality was fire... But where does ‘Fire’ come into all this? Believing that all things were flux‚ Heraclitus discovered ‘The Logos’; the principle according to which all things change‚ which determines
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Thomson’s View of Abortion In the article "A Defense of Abortion" Judith Jarvis Thomson argues that abortion is morally permissible even if the fetus is considered a person. In this paper I will give a fairly detailed description of Thomson main arguments for abortion. In particular I will take a close look at her famous "violinist" argument. Following will be objections to the argumentative story focused on the reasoning that one person’s right to life outweighs another person’s right to autonomy
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idea of government and the bond of the people within a state‚ friendship seems to be the base‚ the glue that holds everything and everyone together. While it is often said that opposites attract‚ Aristotle strongly believes in a differing point of view that birds of a feather flock together. He strongly feels‚ as do I‚ that people with similarities and a common ground are able to get along better and connect better with one of their kind‚ rather than a complete opposite. Aristotle found that
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was also a “substitution” in that he was a substitute for us when he died. This has been the orthodox understanding of the atonement held by evangelical theologians‚ in contrast to other views that attempt to explain the atonement apart from the idea of the wrath of God or payment of the penalty for sin. This view of the atonement is sometimes called the theory of vicarious atonement. A “vicar” is someone who stands in the place of another or who represents another. Christ’s death was therefore “vicarious”
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perception using the senses. He says‚ "Experience is twofold‚ sensation and reflection. From both sources we obtain ideas." Sensation is the perception of external phenomena and reflection is the perception of the operations of the mind itself. This view of empirical thinking is widely used in schools today‚ especially in the science fields.
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