Chloe Gottschalk Ms. Smith Advanced Composition A2 15 November 2012 INDEPENDENCE The United States of America ensures it’s citizens that they have an immeasurable amount of freedom. Freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ and freedom to petition--a few broad examples of rights that the American Government grants to residents. When a person is free‚ they are also considered to be independent. To be independent means to be free of control‚ or thinking and acting for oneself. Independence
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A war consisting of the lesser side fighting the greater side for things such as rights and/or freedom is what most can call a revolution‚ and it’s true. That isn’t the only possibility though. The Revolution of 1800 was called a revolution because it was the switch from a federalist president to an anti-federalist president. It was an orderly transfer of power with no violence and no bloodshed. Some say that The Revolution of 1800 was misnamed. But the Revolution of 1800 was named a revolution in
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The renowned philospoher Honoré de Balzac once suggested in his 1831 publication that; “When law becomes despotic‚ morals are relaxed‚ and vice versa”[1]. By all means‚ this certainly is a controversial statement‚ albeit does Balzac have a valid point to uphold? One might question; “What precicely is the concept of morality?”. George P. Fletcher claims that virtually all Indo-European languages have developed a concept of “morality” based on the Latin root mores and a concept of “ethics” from the
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Letter from Birmingham Jail a Rogerian Argument Traditional and rogerian argumentation approaches are very different. For instance‚ a traditional argumentation is more confrontational towards the opponent’s point of view as to rogerian argumentation more negotiable with the opponent’s point of view. Rogerian argumentation creates cooperation‚ the possibility that both sides might change‚ and a mutually advantageous outcome. However in a traditional argument the writer seeks to change the opponent
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Recognizing Deceptive Arguments Exercise Carol L. Gaskins HSM/210 March 16‚ 2012 Professor Constance Reiss Harvey Recognizing Deceptive Arguments Exercise 1. The Supreme Court has a greater obligation to protect the rights of victims rather than those of criminals. Answer: b (categorical statements) 2. It is clear to every intelligent person that the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution‚ protection against cruel and unusual punishment‚ does not bar the use of victim impact
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are. From the very beginning of this story I’ve had a strong opinion on how this topic is so meaningless and drawn out almost to the brink of insanity. Although the writer does display a good level of sincerity and commitment to this argument‚ but even with that being said my opinions of the writer and how his views are kind of one sided still remain. A good example of how the writer portrays the level of absurdity within the vegan belief is in the beginning‚ when the
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Jacob Turner Professor White PAR 101-003 12 February 2015 Argument Paper #1 There has been a long-standing question in the world of philosophy on what determines one’s personal identity. Out of all the attributes that make up the individual‚ it seems difficult to decipher what actually makes up the personal identity. The most common choices to this question are the mind‚ the brain‚ the spirit‚ or the body. There has yet been no proof on which of these choices are actually correct but many individuals
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Zoe Mojica Ryan Grandik English Comp. II February 27‚ 2013 Rhetorical Analysis (why violent video games are good for girls) Student Carmen Tieu‚ in her opinionated article‚ “Why Violent Video Games are good for Girls” expounds upon the idea that violent video games are good for girls. Tieu explains that violent video games boost confidence in women. She goes further on to say that it makes aware of the different socialization processes of men and women. Tieu begins by telling a short
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Wilde’s claims on disobedience can promote social progress is a valid argument. He felt like with disobedience world would progress forwardly with purpose. Over the years’ people had to disobey or rebel to get their way. With disobedience there is always consequences to it even if it’s for respectable reasons. John browns rebellion was for people to see blacks as equal and to put a stop to slavery. Many thought it was uncanny for a white to care about what happens to a blacks but its what’s right
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In the excerpt from the second chapter of Walden titled “Where I Lived and What I Lived For‚” Thoreau crafts an intricate argument which advocates for self-realization within every individual. The specific quote I chose from the excerpt struck me deeply as the rhetoric question that is produced at the beginning of it explains how I feel on most days as I give “so poor an account” of my day each night. Continually throughout my life‚ I have gone through the motions of a typical day with the structure
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