be admissible in court? The Exclusionary Rule in the United States protects the privacy of citizens‚ and evidence proved to be obtained in such a manner is not admissible. However‚ this rule has stirred up a lot of controversy in the United States and not all countries have the same perspective on this issue. In Europe‚ The European Court of Human Rights holds a slightly different position on the rights people have and the way evidence is obtained. The exclusionary rule is defined as “The principle
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The weaknesses of the Ontological Argument give support to Atheism. Discuss this claim (12 marks) Anselm’s ontological argument described in part (a)‚ was refuted in his own lifetime‚ by Gaunilo‚ who demonstrated in a reduction ad absurdum of his own‚ that if the logic of the argument were applied to things other than God‚ it led to invalid conclusions. Gaunilo didn’t identify any specific fault with the argument‚ but argued that something must be wrong with it‚ because if there wasn’t anything
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The Three Appeals of Argument Logical Appeal (logos) Logical appeal is the strategic use of logic‚ claims‚ and evidence to convince an audience of a certain point. When used correctly‚ logical appeal contains the following elements.. Strong‚ clear claims Reasonable qualifiers for claims Warrants that are valid Clear reasons for claims Strong evidence (facts‚ statistics‚ personal experience‚ expert authority‚ interviews‚ observations‚ anecdotes) Acknowledgement of the opposition
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as well as other policies such as exclusionary disciplinary practices that remove a minor from school for prolonged periods of time contribute to unruly behavior and influence these minors to become delinquents. As explained by Leiber‚ Peck‚ and Rodriguez‚ poverty is a major factor that is made worse when the offending youth is forced to miss extended time from school. Jackson (2014) argues that based on incarceration data in the USA‚ African-Americans and Latino students are targeted more frequently
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This summer I read the book “The Giver” and I picked three rules that organize the society. The elders created this system to have control over everything and everyone. Some alternative ways of coping with these issues is not being so controlling over peoples basic rights but have a more serious way of dealing with these issues. In the book The Giver there are many outrageous rules in their Community like "Two children--one male‚ one female--to each family unit." (p. 8) A year or so after the
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group of three related novels‚ plays‚ films‚ operas‚ or albums. The word trilogy brings us all the way to the time of Athens and Greece. In around 500 B.C there were Dionysian festivals of ancient Greece and trilogies of plays were performed. The Oresteia is the only surviving trilogy of that was performed in Athens. Trilogies most often mirrors the three-act structure proposed by Aristotle. The Greek philosopher described stories as having a beginning‚ middle‚ and end‚ separating them into three pieces
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that divorce is not always bad. The main argument of divorce being acceptable in some situations is backed up by three arguments. The reasoning behind each individual argument are: abuse‚ differences that can’t be reconciled‚ and elements relating to kids. The sub argument about kids also branches out into other reasonings. Sentence (1) is where the author introduces their religious background‚ which does not play a major role in the argument. The main argument is revealed in sentence (3) “divorce is
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Three strikes laws have been the subject of extensive debate over whether they are effective. Defendants sentenced to long prison terms under these laws have also sought to challenge these laws as unconstitutional. For instance‚ one defendant was found guilty of stealing $150 worth of video tapes from two California department stores. The defendant had prior convictions‚ and pursuant to California’s three-strike laws‚ the judge sentenced the defendant to 50 years in prison for the theft of the video
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Three strikes raises important questions about how sentencing laws need to achieve public safety. How are such laws made? Who do they target? And why did Michael Reynolds and Mark Klaas start out as allies and end up as bitter political rivals. Over the last two decades (1980-2000)‚ the US prison population has increased 450%. California has led the nation in prison growth since the early 1980s‚ and it incarcerated a higher percentage of its population than any nation on earth by 1994. The same
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THE THREE ELEMENTS OF A PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT: ETHOS‚ LOGOS‚ AND PATHOS Aristotle (384-322 b.c.e.) studied with the great philosopher Plato and tutored young Alexander the Great. He wrote more than 400 books‚ including the Rhetoric‚ which is used to this day as a foundational work in the study of argumentation. Aristotle said that rhetoric (argumentation) involves using all the available means of persuasion and he defined the means of persuasion as ethos (personal credibility)
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