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    between the Bears and the Seahawks. The argument is simple and easy. The premises are: 1. If Shaun Alexander is not in the game on Sunday night against the Bears‚ then the Seahawks will lose. 2. Shaun Alexander will not be in the game on Sunday night against the Bears. Then the conclusion is: The Seahawks will lose to the Bears on Sunday night. This is a simple argument. Premises: If not A‚ then not B. Not A. Conclusion Not B. This argument is clearly inductive. While Shaun Alexander not playing has

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    The Death Penalty A society operates around communities of people who work together and do their part to form a functional place to live. Many people benefit from others throughout society without even knowing it. Society functions and benefits from people doing their part to keep our community safe and people benefit from society as well‚ but there is an exception. Criminals who have committed a crime that has placed them in prison for the rest of their life‚ without the possibility of parole

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    In Favor of the Death Penalty Many state legislatures are abolishing the death penalty; but without it‚ can justice ever really be carried out for murderers? In this essay I will argue in favor of the death penalty. My main argument will be that the death penalty is imperative to carrying out justice in regard to murderers. Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative defends this position stating "Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal

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    8:7). The death penalty is wrong and it should be abolihed. The life sentance should be more strict. I am against the death penalty‚ it is wrong mainly becasue of religion and race‚ they also need more of a fightinh chance. The death penatly is punshiment of execution‚ administered to someone legally convicted of captial crime. The death penalty was established back in biblical times. Some prisoners have been on death row for as long as 20 years without ever being put to death. With so many

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    alternative for punishing a criminal. Where does the hostility and ignorance stop once it begins? Murder is unaccepted by society‚ yet people seem to pacify themselves by killing criminals. Is that not considered to be murder? Sentencing a criminal to death does not solve the questions and problems that are left behind. Parents will still cry for a child that is never coming home. Mourning families will still carry a never-ending heartache‚ and the criminal no longer has to pay for the consequences of

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    Argument Essay: Is the death penalty effective? Why should someone who killed an innocent person deserve to keep his or her life and get the possibility of parole‚ and living‚ when that other person had to die for no reason? I believe the death penalty is  very effective‚ and is a good way to make the criminal fear the consequences of his or her actions. Deserved punishment protects society morally by restoring order‚  and making the criminal pay a price equivalent to the harm that he or

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    The Death Penalty Argument Essay The death penalty has been one of the biggest issues argued over for many years. So many disagree on withier it’s morally wrong or not or When it comes down to the options available in this situation there are only two‚ either kill them or don’t. The cost of imprisonment in the United States is approximately 63.4 billion a year to tax payers (Teichner 1)‚ The United States also spends approximately 2.3 million a year on executing someone. I think most would agree

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    Inductive and Deductive Reasoning A valid argument is made to address a specific problem by offering a position and proving reasons to support that position. A valid argument is based on two key components‚ one or more premise and conclusion. A premise is fact and/or opinion and must be proven to be true or false. And a conclusion is the final statement of the position one is taking on an issue or question. In deductive reasoning‚ if the fact is true the conclusion must be true because the conclusion

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    Paper #3 10/30/2012 Professor Lincoln Passmore (MWR 9:15-10:20) The death penalty is a topic of much controversy in the modern world both on a personal level and a geopolitical level. There are many arguments for and against it but I feel that‚ though many people may and will disagree with me‚ there is a black and white correct answer‚ which I will discuss at the conclusion of this paper. Through history the death penalty has taken many incarnations: the gallows‚ the gas chamber‚ the firing squad

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    BACKGROUND | 4 | 4. COUNTER ARGUMENTS | 5 - 6 | 5. TRANSITION | 7 | 6. ARGUMENTS | 8 - 10 | 7. CONCLUSION | 11 | 8. REFERENCES | 12 - 13 | 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY | 14 - 15 | 10. APPENDIX | 16 | 1. ABSTRACT: This essay was mainly about death penalty. The information of essay was partially taken from the internet‚ through discussion among tutor and friends as well as general knowledge from outside sources. The objective of carrying out death penalty is to show that justice

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