Dawlyn Dieudonne Professor Mattord English 1101 5 December 2012 The Efficacy of an Argument Against Technology In his online article‚ Nicholas Carr discusses technology and its effect on the human brain. He conducted in depth research on the brain and the way it responds to the use of technology. Carr makes the argument that despite its benefits‚ technology has an ultimately negative effect on the brain. He reports that through several studies‚ researchers have found that although the use
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Chapter 4 Case Study “Google In China” 1. What philosophical principle did Google’s managers adopt when deciding that the benefits of operating in China outweighed the cost? When deciding whether or not to operate in China‚ a utilitarian approach was clearly adopted. “Utilitarian approaches to ethics hold that the moral worth of actions or practices is determined by their consequences” (Hill‚ 2009‚ p. 144). In 2002‚ Google was unexpectedly blocked by the Chinese for two weeks. When it was finally
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the way people view space exploration. For example‚ during the height of the space race NASA’s budget was 4.4% of U.S. GDP but today its only 0.5%. Jerry DeGroot‚ History professor at the University of St. Andrews‚ said "Funding NASA siphons money from other worthwhile‚ terrestrial programs such as helping the nation’s poor." and that "The time has come to pull the plug on meaningless gestures in space.". So in this paper‚ I will see if space exploration‚ NASA in particular‚ should be publicly funded
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really mean that owning a gun will protect from home invasion? Or that having a gun at the time of the invasion will guarantee a positive outcome? And‚ in the event there is no home invasion‚ but a presence of a gun in the home‚ is the home owner really protected? The research in this area is limited and gun control studies are lacking in this area that focuses immediately on gun ownership and its relationship to positive outcomes in home invasions. WHAT STUDIES SAY
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Argument Analysis for The Argument against Headphones Virginia Heffernan who writes the article‚ "The Argument against Headphones"‚ talks about headphone use in the millennial generation. She tells us that‚ “one in five teenagers in America can’t hear rustles or whispers…” (Heffernan‚ 1). She also provides us with the history of headphones‚ starting with their creation over 100 years ago by Nathaniel Baldwin. It ends with what we know to be modern day models. While Heffernan does use ethos‚ logos
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viewpoint on how situations should be approached in society. In that viewpoint there is a lot of variability from one situation to another. In this paper the topic of utilitarianism and what a utilitarian would do when placed in a situation of euthanasia is going to be discussed. With the general belief being each person has the same weight in creating happiness towards the situation what is best. Utilitarians often have to analyze many aspects to ensure they are making the correct decision. Utilitarianism
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As earth begins to further industrialize‚ the need for unoccupied land space continues to escalate. Using the experiences gained from this class‚ along with a combination of wilderness ethics‚ and outside research‚ I will develop my own definition of wilderness. After generating this definition‚ I will confront the problem (maybe use conundrum) of balancing the needs of everyone with the finite amount of land available. The Wilderness Writing seminar enabled students to experience many educational
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According to a Wall Street Journal article‚ Africa’s elephant population dropped more than 30% from 2007 to 2014 due to poaching and trophy hunting (Anderson). That means over 100‚000 elephants were killed in seven short years. Trophy hunting is when hunters kill animals for money‚ bragging rights‚ and their own greed. This can cause drops in population or affect the ways animals survive. Even though it is major and causes so many problems‚ trophy hunting is looked past as if it is not an issue.
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Though there is a growing case against animal testing‚ there are those who fully stand behind it. Their arguments defending the concept are most often centered around ethics of testing. For starters‚ the FDA mandates that all drugs go through a series of tests‚ most often on animals‚ before they are allowed to be released to the public for consumption (Ericson‚ 2014‚ a). With these laws in place‚ people claim that animal testing must continue to be accepted so that new drug developments can continue
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to choose what we as women can do with our bodies; people should not be judged because of a decision they are making in their life. I realize that many things can stop a woman from having an abortion‚ and I respect everyone’s opinions or ways of life. I still believe that women should be able to get an abortion and not be judged for getting the abortion. What if the woman is not ready to be a mother? What if the child was created from rape? As women do we not have the right to choose what happens
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