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    H.J. McCloskey‚ in his article‚ “On Being an Atheist‚” presents a series of arguments to defend and justify his atheist beliefs. He debates arguments for God’s existence including the cosmological argument and the teleological argument; stating that these arguments are false and argues that without “proof‚” the idea of God should be rejected entirely. He is critical of the arguments for God’s existence and offers the problem of evil to be a major concern and reason why one should not believe in the

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    This paper discusses the meaning of “burden of proof” and “standard of proof” and will also explain the direction of the Judge given to the jurors in the given set of facts. 1. BURDEN OF PROOF It is derived from the Latin expression onus probandi. The burden of proof or onus of proof refers to the obligation on a party to satisfy the court to a specified standard of proof that certain facts are true. The facts for this particular purpose are facts in issue.1 Burden of proof is closely associated

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    THE INTERNET ’S EFFECT ON TEENAGERS Joshua Benjamin Mr. Ferraro Cooper City High School Last Revised: January 31‚ 1999 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of internet usage on a user ’s life. Internet addiction is a serious complication effecting America ’s teenagers. An abundance of support‚ self-help‚ and anonymous therapy web sites are available to the public‚ but there has not been much distinguished attention given to the matter by media other than the

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    “Consumer society gives people choice.” Discuss this claim. UK society in the past has been described as an industrial society with social classes being defined around a person’s employment status. Consequently‚ only those who were very wealthy and had surplus income were considered consumers. However‚ with developments in technologies‚ an increased amount of workers in “white collar” jobs and shifts in living costs‚ the term “consumer society” is one which suggests our contemporary life styles are

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    Darwell’s objection to Utilitarianism states that it conflicts with moral common sense in three particular case studies. The first objection to Act Utilitarianism is “promise keeping.” Act utilitarianism is inconsistent with the moral conscious‚ because it forward looks considerations of what one would do. The consequences of not keeping the promise may be hard to determine whether it is right or wrong. One example of Darwell’s objection to Utilitarianism of “promise keeping” is keeping promises

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    In order to deny this existence of these entities‚ Quine proposes three objections: the desert landscape objection‚ the individuation objection‚ and the impossiblia objection. Quine’s first objection to unactualized possibles is his desert landscape objection. According to Quine‚ accepting an ontology that includes unactualized possibles “offends the aesthetic sense of us who have a taste for desert landscapes” (23). This objection is nothing more than an aesthetic objection to Wyman’s ontology

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    people blame each other without any information. The key factor in any argument can be described as evidence or proof. Proof results in many solutions without argument. This term describes something the people in The Crucible did not have any knowledge of. Everyone in the story as well as the real world assume a person’s misdeeds. Without knowing the facts‚ innocence cannot be proven. Proof plays a critical factor to determine a person’s misdeeds. In the story The Crucible‚ the townspeople worry

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    that you are a Telecommunication Specialist and the Project Manager for a team that will design the cable plan for your company’s new building. You have determined that the team has a very weak understanding of Cable Specifications and Building Codes. To provide a comprehensive reference guide‚ you decide to create a detailed document that your team can refer to when creating the cable installation plan. This document will present a detailed view of building and cable specifications with special attention

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    H.J. McCloskey The renowned atheist H.J. McCloskey‚ from the 1960’s and 1970’s contended that God was nonexistent. McCloskey wrote an article in 1968 titled “On Being an Atheist‚” stating reasons why he believes‚ “atheism is a much more comfortable belief than theism” (McCloskey‚ 1968). In the article McCloskey dismisses God’s existence‚ and “because evil exists that we believe God does not exist” (McCloskey‚ 1968). McCloskey argues that without defentive proof there is no God. McCloskey goes

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    In this essay I am going to discuss two psychological/sociological theories and one biological theory of ageing and then I will compare one psychological theory of ageing with the chosen biological theory of ageing. The first sociological/psychological theory I am going to explain is the disengagement theory. This theory suggests that as we get older we begin to withdraw from society. Social scientists Elaine Cummings and William Henry outlined the disengagement theory of ageing in their 1961 book

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