Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation In this speech by Charles Foster Kane‚ there are several examples of being bias. To start with the whole speech is bias because it is only coming from one person’s point of view. Charles Kane does not offer to bring in his opponent to defend himself. He is constantly attacking Jim Getty as being the bad guy‚ while never offering any solutions to fix the problems. Another example of bias comes from the campaigner at the beginning of the audio clip
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has at certain level accepted the nature of the work‚ and perhaps stretching her ethical code a little more to include bribery would not be asking too much. The negative side of this approach is obvious: making compromises regarding ethics is a slippery slope. If McCaskey gives even
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In the United States‚ we do "at least attempt to control" violent and irresponsible gun behavior. Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale‚ possession‚ and use of firearms and ammunition. State laws vary‚ and are independent of existing federal firearms laws‚ although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws. For instance‚ some U.S. states have created assault weapon bans that are similar to the expired federal assault weapons ban. Moreover as a regulatory
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CONS FOR GAY MARRIAGE 1. It would weaken the definition and respect for the institution of marriage: The institution of marriage has traditionally been defined as between a man and a woman. The institution of marriage as a union of man and woman‚ uniquely involving the procreation and rearing of children within a family‚ is as old as the book of Genesis. Gay marriage is incompatible with the beliefs‚ sacred texts‚ and traditions of many religious groups. 2. Procreation involves a male
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and the conclusion of that argument. 2. Equivocation- assigns two different meanings to the same term in an argument. 3. Appeal to authority- the fallacy of relying on the opinion of someone thought to be an expert who is not. 4. Slippery slope- the fallacy of using dubious premises to argue that doing a particular action will inevitably lead to other actions that will result in disaster‚ so you should not do that first action. 5. Faulty analogy- is arguing by an analogy that is
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lead to serious crime? Broken windows leads to serious crime because broken windows‚ or similar things‚ signify that no one cares in the community. If people did care that window would have been fixed‚ but when one window is broken is creates a slippery slope for serious crime to occur. When things like broken windows are present criminals unconsciously see it as appropriate to commit crimes. Little things like broken windows show a breakdown in communal values which allows for things like broken windows
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Latifah promotes Cover Girl Cosmetics‚ so they must be good quality. 4. Hearsay My friend heard on the news the other day that the U.S. will declare war on Iran. 5. Question Begging Since I’m not lying‚ it follows that I’m telling the truth. 6. Slippery Slope If we allow the school board to spend money remodeling the gymnasium‚ next year they will want to build a new school and give all the teachers a huge raise. Taxes will soar so high that businesses will leave and then there will be no jobs for
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staying alive they get it‚ but they don’t if they want to die. If they want their suffering to end. It is unfair and unjust to keep someone alive who does not wish to be kept alive. A article on NIH.gov titled “A legal right to die: responding to slippery slope and abuse arguments” reads‚ “ To be forced to continue living a life that one deems intolerable when there are doctors who are willing either to end one’s life or to assist one in ending one’s own life‚ is an unspeakable violation of an individual’s
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of the tracked chassis of a JD Crawler is its ability to contact a larger surface area than a wheeled one‚ and therefore exert a much lower force per unit area on the ground than a wheeled vehicle of the same weight. This makes them suitable for slippery or uneven terrain and ideal where construction debris is prevalent. John Deere’s armada of crawler loaders feature the exclusive Auto-Trac system‚ which allows it to run straight in either direction‚ on level ground or steep
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The two theory that can be applied to this case is rights theory and virtues theory. However‚ both of these two theories lead to different ethical outcomes. While rights theory supports the sex robots being made and used by consumers‚ virtue theory goes against the selling and product of sex robots giving the standard argument that lewdness feeds on itself. First‚ virtue theory does not support the uses of sex robots. Virtue theory allows us to develop good moral characters. Some virtues that may
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