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    A Debate

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    Debate You are given 4 topics (plus one suggested by the group) for your debate. The topics for the 2014 debate are as follows: 1. We are all economic man (Homo Economicus) 2. Businesses have no responsibility outside of those who have ownership in the company. 3. Work can be dehumanising rather than fulfilling 4. Taylorism has left a lasting legacy 5. – TBC (topic proposed by the group) Presumably you have already started preparing for the debate. Please remember to keep all the sources you use

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    Introduction DEBATING: A BASIC INTRODUCTION BEGINNER Let’s start at the beginning. Every debate needs a topic. This is a contentious assertion that forms the basis for the debate. For example‚ the topic might be “THAT IT IS BETTER TO BE SMART THAN TO BE KIND” or “THAT THE UNITED NATIONS HAS FAILED”. This book relates to a specific but common style of debate. It is the style used in most schools throughout Australia and in many other countries‚ at the Australian National Schools Debating Championships

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    "The U.S. presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent Ronald Reagan‚ along with a third party candidate‚ the liberal Republican John Anderson."(USPE1980‚ 1) By the beginning of the election season‚ the lengthy Iran hostage crisis sharpened public perceptions of a crisis. In the 1970s‚ the United States was experiencing a wrenching episode of low economic growth‚ high inflation and interest rates‚ intermittent energy crises

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    Television and Presidential Elections Television has been influential in many aspects of modern society‚ but how has it impacted presidential elections? Today‚ many people get their news from television programs including almost everything about elections. Every four years‚ millions of Americans watch the presidential debates live on the television and listen to analysts’ interpretations of every move each candidate makes. Americans are far more informed about who they are voting for‚ but could

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    Logical Fallacies Paper

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    The logical fallacies that I have chosen to study in this paper are "Appeal to Emotion" Fallacy‚ "Common Belief" Fallacy‚ and the "Hypothesis Contrary to Fact" fallacy. In the following paragraphs I will be defining the fallacies and how they relate to critical thinking. I will also be providing a popular culture example for each fallacy to illustrate each fallacy. In conclusion I shall attempt to provide Pro ’s and Con ’s for each Fallacy. The first Fallacy I chose was the "Appeal to Emotion"

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    Fallacy Summary and Application: Three Fallacies and Organizational Examples The concept of critical thinking can be a difficult task. The process involves analyzing an argument and determining whether it ’s fallacious or not. An argument is fallacious when there is an error in its reasoning. Bassham‚ Irwin‚ Nardone and Wallace (2002) suggest there are two types of fallacies: (1) fallacies of relevance and (2) fallacies of insufficient evidence. This case study will analyze three fallacies

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    Parliament vs Presidential

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    AARMS Vol. 8‚ No. 2 (2009) 307–314 LAW Presidential versus parliamentary systems ILONA MÁRIA SZILÁGYI Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University‚ Budapest‚ Hungary This article is a comparison of presidential and parliamentary systems. They are the two most popular types of democratic governments. They have common and dissimilar features. In both presidential and parliamentary systems the chief executive can be removed from office by the legislature but the way of it is different. Dissimilar

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    Presidential Decree No. 1586 or the Environmental Impact Statement System Year of Enactment and Implementation Enacted and Implemented in 1978 Purpose To attain and maintain a rational and orderly balance between socio-economic growth and environmental protection Control Area Nationwide Overview The pursuit of a comprehensive and integrated environmental protection program necessitates the establishment and institutionalization of a system whereby the exigencies of socio-economic undertakings

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    In the reading “Love is a Fallacy”‚ Max Shulman writes about a character named Max who attempts to have a relationship with a girl by trading his roommate a racoon coat for the girl in exchange. Max Shulman’s piece is neither anti-women nor anti-men and is‚ therefore‚ meant to be irony. This piece is rather ironic because of fallacies appear throughout the piece‚ the main character Max has fallacies in his thinking‚ and the character Polly speaks of the fallacies in Max’s reasoning. Out of all the

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    More Fallacies Quiz

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    More Fallacies Quiz I (See related pages) Results Reporter | | Out of 3 questions‚ you answered 2 correctly with a final grade of 67% | | | | | | 2 correct (67%) | | | | 1 incorrect (33%) | | | | 0 unanswered (0%) | | | Your Results: | The correct answer for each question is indicated by a . | ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Please answer all questions. | 1 CORRECT | | It is fair to say that all rhetorical devices tempt

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