Section 1: Socrates’ argument Socrates sits in a prison cell‚ sentenced to death. His wealthy friend Crito has come to speak with him as he waits for a ship from Delos to return and allow executions to begin. Socrates knows that he‚ “must die the day after the ship arrives (Plato‚ 44).” Socrates also knows that he is not guilty of the crimes he was convicted of‚ stating‚ “There have been many who have accused me to you for many years now‚ and none of their accusations are true (Plato 22).” It is
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As a result‚ such an argument works in favor of the employer and eliminates the issues that organizations face with union employment since workers cannot hold the management hostage. If employees demonstrate they risk being dismissed and others getting hired. Further‚ through the employment-at-will clause‚ employers can escape unnecessary lawsuits that lead to loss of income from litigation expenses. The Arguments against At-Will Agreements The at-will agreements allow employers ease of hiring as
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Arguments Supporting Torture to Protect America’s Security When at Risk Justifying the needs of implementing various methods of torture is strongly a recommended option to protecting America’s security and American citizens. While the debate of whether the use of torture is valid to protect the United States of America overall‚ supporters of the argument strongly argue that interrogating terrorists is only useful when various torture methods are involved. During one of the United States of America’s
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unknowable or altogether false. If one chooses to ignore this obvious fact‚ there is little that can be done to argue‚ for argument assumes that rational thought processes are at work. As Hank Hanegraaff has said‚ "Even those who deny reality look both ways before they cross the street." One popular example skeptics use to disprove attainable knowledge is the Brain in the Vat argument. "The Brain in the Vat scenario is a thought experiment designed to show the plausibility of radical skepticism. If we
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Debate against Hitchens’s Concepts of Religion and Politics One of the most controversial man‚ Christopher Hitchens‚ in his letters‚ “Letters to a Young Contrarian” (2001)‚ implies that people of the contemporary society should avoid thinking other than for themselves by taking on the pathway of being a contrarian. His purpose is to help “individuals on how they think‚ and not what they think by making them a more independent and questioning person” (63). The letters take us through a pathway
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Arguments against Corporate Social Responsibility While there may be people who are for the idea of corporate social responsibility‚ there are also others who oppose to it. One of whom‚ as we all know‚ is Milton Friedman. He believes that only individuals can have social responsibilities and that the purpose of a corporation is to provide the highest possible returns to shareholders while obeying all the laws and regulations. There are 5 main arguments against CSR. First of all‚ it lowers economic
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them a convincing point about why‚ except that utilitarianism does not support vegetarianism in fact Singer says that utilitarianism have a great relationship with vegetarianism. Utilitarianism is considered to be a moral philosophy that bases it argument that we have moral obligation to utilize and maximize the available utility in the world. Utility is earned from things that people can easily be accessed like food‚ money‚ happiness‚ fulfillment of want‚ comfort or pleasurable. The theory argues
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circuses‚ zoos‚ aquariums and even hunting. Truthfully‚ no one deserves such a treatment of not being able to live the life that they were given for someone else’s advantage. A statement given by Peter Singer‚ author of Animal Liberation says‚ “All the arguments to prove human superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering‚ the animals are our equals.” Animals were put on this earth for their own purpose and not for humans to use for their own well being which is why vegans are animals greatest
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Argumentative Essay Against Kaplan’s Statement that Global Environmental and Social Factors are the Top National Security Concern of the 21st Century CYBERATTACKS – THE TOP SECURITY THREAT IN THE 21ST CENTURY Robert Kaplan makes a compelling argument in his book‚ “The Coming Anarchy‚” that global environmental and social factors such as resource depletion‚ overpopulation‚ crime‚ and tribalism are the most pressing national security issues in the 21st century. He cites numerous examples of crime
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The determinists and fatalists also have plausible arguments against free will. One argument against free will‚ although not deterministic or fatalistic‚ states that God contradicts free will of all living beings including itself. If God is omniscient‚ meaning it knows all‚ it should already know all of its future actions along
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