Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation The topic I chose to examine was the “1992 Republican National Convention Address: A Whisper of AIDS” by Mary Fisher (1992). I was impressed with how even keeled she presented her speech. If there was any bias‚ then I had trouble detecting it with one exception; that she implied that if you are ignorant and believe the hype that only minorities‚ gays‚ and drug users can contract aids. (Fisher‚ 1992). I feel that it was a rhetorical analogy that she used
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are affected to some degree by egocentric biases. One cannot think clearly about what one is wrapped up in. —Holmes Rolston Egocentrism can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Two common forms are self-interested thinking and self-serving bias. Self-interested thinking is the tendency to accept and defend beliefs that harmonize with one’s self-interest. Almost no one is immune from self-interested thinking. Most doctors support legislation making it more difficult for them to be sued
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Gender Bias in Hindu Myths The concept of the Goddess‚ myth and dance is truly a tool which empowers for women of our culture. Although women are at times portrayed as inferior‚ they possess many strong qualities which break this stereotype. Women are beautiful‚ strong‚ and courageous‚ they are mothers and sisters and daughters‚ and without them this world would not exist. Women‚ since the time of the Vedas and Upanishads have been looked to carry their traditional heritage from generation to
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Study: TV May Perpetuate Race Bias In this article‚ researchers at Tufts University devised a study to reveal how even passive diversion may lead to actively damaging affects‚ especially when it comes to issues of race and how we shape out attitudes towards those of a different race. Being a couch potato may be more detrimental than previously thought. When I got to the part about which shows the researchers actually used in their studies‚ I couldn’t imagine how Scrubs could be bad to social
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Is being bias a good or bad thing? Well in my opinion no its not. When people ask certain kinds of questions‚ the only way to answer to have a better answer is to be biased. Not everyone will think of the situation the way you will think about it. Most of the challenging problems that us human solve are known as inductive problems‚ these are problems that there is no right answer to the situation its identified based on the evidence you have or witnessed to have you think that certain way. When problem
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A Gender Bias Approach to Antigone Just as one stone removed can break a bridge‚ one flaw can bring a man to ruins. The flaw of one man cannot bring down an entire kingdom‚ but rather one outlook of the king can lead to the demise of the whole. In Sophocles ’ epic tragedy‚ Antigone‚ a strong gender bias is present throughout the tragedy‚ and is partially responsible for the downfall of the king. To Sophocles the king is not always representative of the people‚ but acts on his own personal desires
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Henry D. L. Webster. He was feeling heartache due to a difficult time in his life of dealing with an engagement that ended. He was a pastor who saw Miss. Blocksom‚ but since he was a pastor‚ he couldn’t act on those feelings and nor could she. Miss. Blocksom then wrote Henry D. L. Webster a letter that they shouldn’t be continuing this act because it would honestly never happen because of his role in
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Dual nature of Mr. Scratch in “The Devil and Daniel Webster” In the guise of Mr. Scratch‚ the Devil appears as one of the title characters in Benet’s short story “The Devil and Daniel Webster”. Traditionally‚ the Devil has been depicted as a fearsome figure. However‚ different from the frightening devils in other stories‚ Mr. Scratch seems to have a dual nature‚ which combines frightening and comical characteristics. With respect to his frightening characteristic‚ firstly‚ even if he is
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Herodotus’ writes his Histories for Greeks. Specifically for Greeks living in Herodotus’ own time. The statement of purpose which begins the work seems to contradict this hypothesis. Herodotus claims to wish to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time‚ and to preserve the fame of the important and remarkable achievements " [Herodotus‚ 1.0]. The underlying assumption here is that the author is preserving these events and achievements for future generations and perhaps even future
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Media Bias of the Pit Bull Deborah Delo University of Phoenix What happens when “man’s best friend” goes wrong? For hundreds of years‚ no animal has been so trusted or loved by humans as the dog. Immortalized in film and poetry for love and loyalty‚ the noble dog long ago earned the epithet "Man’s Best Friend." No other animal in the modern world arouses such fear and terror as the pit bull. Time and time again‚ we hear horror stories of pit bulls and "pit bull types" running amok and
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