In this excerpt Kass is presenting his testimony to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission‚ in which he urges the commission to declare human cloning unethical. Kass’s argument is based on: considerations related to the ethics of experimentation‚ concerns about identity and individuality‚ the dangers of transforming procreation into manufacture‚ and the negative impact upon out understanding of what it means to have children. Throughout the testimony goes on to explain not only why cloning is
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1. Doesn’t the same hold for all the other things? Don’t you call shapes and colours admirable on the account of either some pleasure or benefit or both? 2. Doesn’t this also hold for sounds and all things musical? 3. And certainly things that pertain to laws and practices – the admirable ones‚ that is- don’t fall outside the limits of being either pleasant or beneficial. 4. Doesn’t the same hold for the admirability of the fields of learning‚ too? Conclusion. Whenever one of two admirable things
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“To be truly morally responsible for what you do you must be truly responsible for the way you are – at least in certain crucial mental respects.”1 As suggested by Robert Kane in A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will‚ Premise (2) of the Basic Argument is where an objection must be made. According to Kane‚ “Is it the case that to be truly responsible for what you do‚ you must be truly responsible for the way you are (for your nature or character)?”2 As Kane suggests‚ through the examples of Mc
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Boroditsky asks the audience rhetorical questions to keep them engaged and to challenge their perspective. In the beginning of the article‚ Boroditsky asks “Do the languages we speak shape the way we think?” By doing this‚ Boroditsky not only sets the framework for the entirety of the article‚ but also gets the audience to think about this question as they continue to read on. At the end of the article‚ Boroditsky argues in conclusion that language constructs knowledge. Boroditsky probes further
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Each individual has a different perspective on reality which agrees with Nietzsche argument. To him‚ truth is used to create a “peace pact “ (Reader 3) with other humans and is a “sum of human relations”(Reader 5). I acknowledge that he is correct in saying that truth is a sum of human relations‚ in a sense‚ that truth is a group of experiences
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The Montessori Method: A Rhetorical Analysis Maria Montessori graduated in 1894 from the University of Rome’s medical school‚ becoming Italy’s first female doctor. This was a feat that reinforced Montessori’s commitment to women’s rights. Living in the 20th century‚ Montessori noticed society’s use of science as an approach to improving education. She believed these strategies were scientifically irrelevant to the teaching of students. In her writing “The Montessori Method”‚ Maria Montessori
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people have the freedom to criticize ideas because it is our sole right to a free society. Although Rowan argues that people should be free to oppose other people’s ideas‚ the other argument put forward is that the failure to accept criticism or ridicule would ultimately lead towards oppression. Considering the above arguments about individuals and rights‚ it is pretty clear that Rowan supports care ethics‚ which holds that care and interpersonal relationships or benevolence are central to all moral actions
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Not everyone has the ability to control whether they have a peaceful death or not. Dr. Philip Nitschke‚ pro-euthanasia activist and author of “Euthanasia: Hope You Never Need It‚ but Be Glad the Option Is There‚” feels it is every human’s right to have a serene death. The primary goal of the article is to promote the idea that denying one the ability to die peacefully‚ excluding those under the age of 18 and with mental illnesses‚ is unethical. The author firmly believes there should be laws in place
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Literatures and Foreign Languages Let Us Learn and Resource Together 23 November 2008 Rhetorical Analysis of “A More Perfect Union” Speech The speech titled “A More Perfect Union” was delivered by Senator Barack Obama on March 18‚ 2008 near the historical site of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. The speech responds to the video clip of Barack Obama’s pastor‚ Reverend Jeremiah Wright‚ making racially charged comments against America and Israel. The pundits
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Quang Thai Professor Allison English 101 2 September 2014 Rhetorical Analysis In the Declaration of Independence‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ one of the founding fathers of the United States‚ explains to his readers why the colonies chose to abolish Great Britain’s government. His goal is to inform the readers that the government has certain responsibilities to the governed and that the British failed to adhere to its responsibilities to its colonists. His second goal is to justify their actions by explaining
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