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    Hospers' Argument

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    providing vital grounds on how it can ultimately be attained and by adopting the two different senses of knowing‚ the strong and weak sense. He then fortifies his argument by proving the incoherence of a doubter. This essay will look on his arguments against radical scepticism and finally to what extent it is successful. In his argument‚ he emphasises on the three main requirements for knowing‚ one is that the thing has to be true‚ secondly‚ one has to believe in that thing and lastly it requires

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    Argument Readings

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    rights activists. Regan has written several essays on animal rights and is recognized as a key intellectual leader of the animal rights movement and has also written several books on the subject which makes him very credible in his writings. Regan’s argument is one of change‚ he’s trying to get us to change our views and persuade us that not all animal right activists are extremists. He starts his essay by telling us that “the world will have to change once we learn to treat animals with respect”‚ he

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    Argument Against Torture

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    Their justification for torture stems from this very concept: if more innocent lives can be saved‚ the torture of an individual is justified. Is this idea morally valid‚ that if many can be saved‚ a few should suffer? To answer this‚ we must consider the famous question “do the ends justify the means”? Most often‚ this question is met with a resounding yes; the ends (result) of saving innocent lives justifies the

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    Design Argument Analysis

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    Conversely‚ Atheists also have their own take on why God does not exist‚ as well. A popular argument is known as the Design Argument. In this paper‚ the Design Argument will be discussed and analyzed. The argument reconstructed is

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    Cosmological Argument

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    story and we may never know the answer. This story is a great example of the cosmological argument. In order to comprehend the cosmological argument‚ we first have to explain its meaning. The cosmological arguments are one of the most important arguments for the existence of God‚ this argument is the most used around the world. For example‚ the existence of God and the beginning of the universe. The arguments states that everything on the earth had to have a beginning of existence and it could not

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    Orwell's Argument

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    Orwell’s central argument is that “ modern English‚ especially written English‚ is full of bad habits” and these bad habits “can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble” (Orwell 2). Orwell argues that“the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes” but‚ “the process is reversible” (2). He also states that “language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes” (1). Language is constantly changing as political times

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    Theological Arguments

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    All the following arguments are theological arguments written to prove the existence of god. Cosmological argument- This argument says that the existence of the world or universe is strong evidence for the existence of the God who created it. 1) Everything that exists has a cause of its existence. (2) The universe exists. Therefore (3) The universe has a cause of its existence. (4) If the universe has a cause of its existence‚ then that cause is God. Therefore: (5) God exists. Plato and

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    The Teleological Argument

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    The Teleological Argument‚ God’s Attributes‚ and Miracles: A Compounded Contradiction Introduction Some theists of the Abrahamic persuasion claim that the harmony of the universe is proof of an intelligent designer. This argument is known as the teleological argument and has evolved from classical philosophy to modern theology. In addition‚ subscribers of the Abrahamic religions also hold that God has attributes that include omniscience‚ omnipotence‚ and benevolence. Fundamentally‚ God is all knowing

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    Argument essay

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    If we were to all go back to the 1960s when segregation was a serious issue then the statement regarding the AP program is valid. Lucky for us‚ racism against certain ethnic groups was taken away with the help of Martin Luther King. That world slowly faded away from our lives and in its place came the cruel world of stereotypes that we live in today. People today still believe that individuals are separated based on ethnic‚ racial‚ or socioeconomic groups when actually‚ the problem lies with stereotypes

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    Euthanasia Argument

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    The Good Death It is commonly said that death is life’s only promise—which might explain why the argument about how it should come to pass‚ in the terminally ill‚ especially‚ is such a hot topic. There are four ways the terminally ill may pass: naturally‚ the disease takes them; active euthanasia—doctors actively take the life‚ e.g. lethal injection; physician-assisted suicide—the doctor gives the patient a prescription for a lethal dose of a drug‚ but the patient self-administers it; or passive

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