In his book‚ Why Teach? In Defense of a Real Education‚ Mark Edmunson includes an essay titled “Liberal Arts & Lite Entertainment in which he talks about numerous phenomena happening in American school systems. About halfway through the essay‚ while on a rant about colleges competing against one another for students‚ Edmundson adds that individual departments also contend for students‚ and more specifically how the humanities “now must struggle to attract students” (14). The professor offers a
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Judith Thomson: A Defense of Abortion Judith Thomson article simply outlines the right of abortion with women. Judith presents the argument that everyone has a right to life. However‚ throughout the article she underlines key arguments and give multiple examples and analogies to further prove her point. Thomson began by saying that because everyone has a right to life‚ it is automatically assumed that the fetus is a person‚ and therefore has a right to life. Furthermore‚ the mother does have
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The essay is about Wendy Elroy’s feminist defense on pornography. Elroy states three different feminist view-points which are‚ the liberal position‚ the pro-sex position‚ and the anti-porn position. The liberal position claims that a woman has the right to do what she wants with her body because‚ it is her choice. The pro-sex position claims that a woman can receive many benefits from pornography and are for it. The anti-porn position claims that pornography degrades‚ objectifies‚ and looks down
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G.K. Chesterton argues that the specific standards of Grecian beauty restrict what people consider attractive. In A Defense of Ugly Things‚ Chesterton distinguishes between attraction and physical beauty in society. He explains that external attraction is more natural and universal than the Greek’s socially influenced beauty. He believes that‚ “The tyrants and deceivers of mankind in this matter have been the Greeks”. He shows that beauty misleads people saying that‚ “To insist that one type of face
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While both Millikan in her “In Defense of Public Language” and Grice in his ‘Meaning” both approach the concept of meaning in a pragmatic way‚ Millikan focuses on meaning coming from the reproduction of conventions and Grice focuses on meaning stemming from a speaker’s intention. Millikan asserts that language is formed out of conventions and the meaning of these conventions can be derived from their historical lineage of their use and reproduction. Grice argues that there are two different types
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“In Defense of Food” is a book written by Michael Pollan which was released in 2008. Pollan writes about the “Western Diet” and the dangers associated with it. He proposes a new answer to what we should and should not eat. He states that it comes down to seven simple words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Those are the words that he opens the book with‚ this is his basic recommendation. He states that the rest of the book is just a detailed elaboration of those words. The first half of the
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Khwaja Nabeel Asif U047073J PH1101E – Reason & Persuasion Khwaja Nabeel Asif U047073J DW7 Topic 5: A defense of Thrasymachus’ claim; “Justice is the advantage of the stronger” Most people believe that they understand the essence of things like justice and virtue. Though‚ if they were asked to define these things‚ few would be able to do so without posing some contradiction. Thrasymachus puts his understanding of justice in these words; “justice is nothing‚ but the advantage of the stronger”
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the murder of one’s child is illegal‚ but does allow abortion. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong‚ the fine line that exists between abortion and murder will be discussed and debated for decades to come. In Judith Thomson’s article‚ "A Defense of Abortion‚" she argues that abortion can be morally justified in some instances‚ but not all cases. Clearly‚ in her article‚ Thomson argues‚ " while I do argue that abortion is not impermissible‚ I do not argue that is always permissible" (163)
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The article being referenced was written by Steven Pinker and is titled “In Defense of Dangerous Ideas” and was published on July 15‚ 2007 as a preface to his book “What is your Dangerous Idea?: Today’s Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable”. The article tells how in the past quarter century people have had new dangerous ideas that Pinker says our society is ill equipped to deal with. He also explains why these ideas are considered “dangerous”. He states that the acceptance of these ideas would come
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The history of the death penalty can be traced back in time all the way to the fifth century B.C. through Roman’s Law of the Twelve Tablets‚ where people would be put to death through crucifixion‚ drowning‚ and even by being burnt alive.. From there it can be found in seventh B.C.’s Draconian Code‚ and even in eighteenth century B.C. through the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon‚ in which twenty-five various crimes would lead to the death penalty (Part I‚ 2015). Though the crimes punishable under
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