think that it should not be legalized because of its negative health effects‚ dangers to society‚ and because they don’t think that marijuana has any benefits to the community of our country. Because of the scope of this issue‚ there are many strong arguments for and against the legalization of marijuana. However‚ in my opinion‚ marijuana should not be legalized due to its harmful side effects‚ negative impact on our economy‚ and overall danger to society. The first reason marijuana should not be legalized
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Arguments of Peter Singer PHI200: Mind and Machine Instructor: April 19‚ 2013 Singer’s goal in the article “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” is to get people to think differently about famine relief‚ charity‚ and morality. These are key issues that people need to be more aware of and act on them. People who are financially stable and well off should take more of an active role by giving more. They should feel obligated in helping those in need. There are many people suffering severely‚
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also the relationship of those that were part of the Holy trinity. This topic had become a big topic that it brought a rise to one of the greatest religious rivalries ever known. The most famous argument over this topic was that of Arius and Athanasius who both were theologians. Arian had ignited a argument when he had started to openly educate his followers the concept that Jesus was not the fully divine son of God. Arian based his teachings on theological rationalism‚ which were based on the teachings
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Identify at least two arguments in the article. Outline the premises and conclusions of each argument you find. Then‚ answer the following questions for each argument‚ making sure to explain how you arrived at your answers. I have found two arguments that I am going to talk about and I hope these are close to the answers as possible that you want. The first one since it is the very nature of terrorism not only to cause immediate damage but also to strike fear in the hearts of the population
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ANSWER PAPER Distinguish between good and bad arguments. Give the elements of ethical arguments. On what grounds do you distinguish between fact and mere opinion? An argument is a group of statements where one of which is supposed to be supported by the rest. The premise is the supporting statement and the conclusion is the statement being supported. Ethical arguments must have premise(s) and a conclusion and may appear in any order. Often arguments have indicator words that signal a premise or
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2012 Evaluation of the Teleological Argument The teleological argument argues that the universe must have had a designer‚ therefore implying the existence of a Supreme Being. This argument strongly relies on observations of the apparent design and orderly complexity within the universe that has existed long before humans inhabited and affected it. Everything is here for a reason‚ and everything has a purpose. From these main points‚ the teleological argument claims that the only way that this is
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designed systems are everywhere in the biological part nature. Such theory is called “ Teleological Argument”. So for my paper‚ l shall argue that the Teleological Argument is not convincing. In particular‚ l raise two objections to the argument and show that neither of the two objections can be successfully rebutted. The first point which l want to aim to is “ One basic god” in the Teleological Argument. So my first objection is
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First‚ I will restate Descartes’s logic for believing knowledge is possible. Next‚ I will introduce flaws I can see surrounding his argument and show the weakness of his position. Finally‚ I will give my reasons for supporting the notion that it is not possible to gain knowledge beyond the notion that I am a thinking thing. Descartes’s Argument Descartes’s argument for knowledge is based on skepticism; he doubts everything in order to find something he cannot doubt‚ something unshakably true; he
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The philosopher offers a few arguments and the three most important ones will be outlined‚ namely‚ the relativity argument‚ the argument for instinctive beliefs and the argument for simplicity. The essay will argue that Russell’s simplicity argument is effective because it stands against criticism. In fact‚ the critical discussion will be mainly focused on the simplicity argument since it provides more room for debate. Therefore‚ after an outline of all the arguments‚ this essay will aim to a narrow
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The argument from evil In this paper I am going to use the very popular argument from evil‚ which was made popular and originated from the Greek philosopher Epicurus‚ to argue that existence of god is highly improbable. I’ll put this argument in the simplest of terms. For my first premise I am stating that if an omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ and omnibenevolent god exists than evil does not exist. For my second premise I am stating that evil exists in this world. When you put these two together
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