Composition 2 GE 127 Week 2 minor assignment December 28‚ 2011 Locate examples for 8 of the 15 logical fallacies discussed in this lesson in your "Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader‚" 4th Ed.‚ by Goshgarian‚ Krueger‚ and Minc 1. Ad hominem; An Ad hominem argument is a Latin phrase that attacks the man instead of the argument. Example: You are so stupid your argument couldn’t possibly be true. Logical Fallacies or Fallacies in Argumentation retrieved on Jan. 1‚ 2011 from http://carm
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this time period‚ described the events of the Peloponnesian War in his book History of the Peloponnesian War (5.84-116). In this account‚ Thucydides explains a set of negotiations between the Melians (an island under Spartan control) and the Athenians formerly known as “The Melian Dialogue”. The Melian Dialogue gives an extensive knowledge about how the two city-states diplomatically debated on Athens’ attempt to take over the Spartan island of Melos.
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evaluate the dialogue based on his analysis of an ethic of responsibility and ultimate ends‚ while Kant would view this passage from a deontological approach. While these philosophers could draw different conclusions as to what is proper‚ the dialogue itself clearly portrays a world in which there is little room for ethics‚ as international actors are ultimately motivated by realism. The Melian Dialogue exhibits both deontological and consequentialist arguments by the Melians. In the dialogue‚ the Athenians
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The Melian representatives held that because their cause was just‚ they could trust to fortune‚ or to the Spartans to intervene and avert disaster. They maintained that "in war fortune sometimes makes the odds more level than could be expected from the difference of numbers of the two sides." They also pointed to the geographic proximity of Sparta and an ethnic affinity between Spartans and Melians: "We think [the Spartans] would even endanger themselves
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strength and power that has led other nations to model their governments after Athens (145). This respect by other powerful people for the empire helps to solidify the enduring legacy of the Athenian empire. A similar instance can be seen in The Melian Dialogue when the Athenian representative states that Athens is more concerned with islands like Melos where revolts are more likely to occur than in larger states as the islanders have less to lose and the larger states respect the Athenians and know
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This dialogue is most likely not what the Athenians and Melians spoke to each other. Instead‚ Thucydides placed a theme within the dialogue like many Greek writers before him. The Athenians attempted to persuade the Melians to become tributary allies of the Athenian confederacy‚ but Melos preferred to not be slaves to the Athenian empire. The Athenians cited Melos’
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Compared to the Thucydides Melian Dialogue one can see the effects of the Security Dilemma unfold and the consequence of high tensions between states unravel into sure anarchy. Nevertheless‚ Japan decided to increase those tensions drastically on December 7‚ 1941. Japanese planes attacked
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that a country or state’s ultimate goal is to gain power and ruling over other nations. He illustrates this best in The Melian Dialogue through the actions of the war-loving Athenians. In their effort to maintain their stance of power against their rival Spartans‚ they travel to the island of Melos with the goal of conquering the Melians; either through force or through the Melian surrender. The people of Melos wish to remain neutral friends of both Sparta and Athens‚ but the Athenians will not hear
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Crisis Negotiations Between Unequals by Heinz Waelchli and Dhavan Shah Case Illustration: Impractical power negotiation the Melian Dialogue between Athenian Empire and ppl from isle of Melos Both Athenian and Empire engaged in hard positional bargaining – no tradeoff and mutual interest/agreement Effect: DISASTER the destruction of Melos Analysis: Who are they? Athenian Empire | Isle of Melos | Involved in Peloponnesian War (Athenian vs. Spartans) | Independent‚ neutral
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And Other Plays.Penguin Classics‚ 2002. Print. * Thucydides‚ and Rex Warner. History of the Peloponnesian War. London‚ England:Penguin Group‚ 1972. Print. * Schironi‚ Francesca. “Thucydides’ Social Theory (Athenian Plague & Corcyra); The Melian Dialogue.” Classical Civilization 101 Lecture. Ann Arbor‚ Michigan. November 8‚ 2011 * Schironi‚ Francesca. “Philosophy‚ Scientific Enquiry and the Greek Artistic Canon” Classical Civilization 101 Lecture. Ann Arbor‚ Michigan. November 29‚ 2011
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