Rouge‚ LA 70803 Dear Dr. Carman: I called my friend as I was leaving the testing center to see how she had done on her business calculus exam. We had surprisingly similar results‚ and neither of us were pleased to say we received a D. When I asked what she had got wrong‚ she couldn’t tell me‚ because she did not know. This frustrated me because we had no feedback on the exam to show how we could better our scores for the next test. I told her that I had accidentally calculated the number backwards
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When pastors are pressed for their opinions about same-sex marriage‚ they should affirm both the theological position that marriage is designed for the union of male and female‚ and the moral position that sexual relations outside of marital union transgress the generous will of God. Church leaders should realize same-sex couples reside everywhere. The 2010 federal census estimates there are 131‚000 married same-sex couples and 514‚000 unmarried same-sex couples. Whether pastors also wish to take
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conservative argument is that the Constitution should be interpreted according to original intent.’72 The argument is that the drafters of the Amendment had no intent to grant citizenship to illegal aliens because they never could have conceived of the present immigration situation‚ where the United Stated is a rich country sharing with a long border with a poor one‚ Mexico. Conservatives argue that we must follow original intent because that is the only way to apply what the Constitution actually
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GLOBALISATION‚ FOR OR AGAINST? Globalisation is the main reason that we are all linked to the rest of the world. To argue for or against it‚ we first have to take the definition of globalisation. It means the way jobs; fashion‚ services‚ goods and information are flowing more easily around the globe. In my personal opinion‚ I am against globalisation. Globalisation has many drawbacks‚ which can be organised into economic‚ social and environmental fields. The main sources of globalisation are TNC’S
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Opposing Arguments: Abortion Introduction: Why abortion is immoral by Don Marquis is the start of two discussions pertaining to whether abortion should be acceptable in our modern society. The argument‚ Marquis makes‚ is that abortion actually deprives the fetus’s “future-like-ours.” Many philosophers support Marquis’ belief by arguing that fetuses have their own possibilities; thus‚ killing fetuses is absolutely wrong (Marquis‚ 105). Nevertheless‚ there are also other philosophers who criticize
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Sample paper for propositional arguments In this paper‚ I will analyze the following argument in terms of validity and soundness: An argument is a syllogism only if it is valid. An argument has a true conclusion‚ if it is valid. If an argument has consistent premises‚ then it has a true conclusion. Thus‚ if an argument is a syllogism‚ then it has a true conclusion. As we shall soon learn‚ this argument is valid but unsound. I begin
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The argument against abortion is subject to personal interpretation and it should not be legislated against. Illegal abortion is also rife with discrimination. The fourteenth amendment prohibits states from violating an individual’s rights of due process and equal protection.. The first‚ fourth‚ ninth‚ and fourteenth amendments explain that each citizen has an individual right to privacy against state laws (Kelly par. 4). Abortion should not be prohibited in the United States because the
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Philosophy of the Human Nature In Aristotle’s Nicomacheon Ethics Book he uses his function argument as grounds for his claim that the human function is the activity of the soul in accordance with excellence or virtue. I lay out the arguments that make up Aristotle’s conclusion in order to pinpoint exactly which of Aristotle’s statement I believe is false. (1) Aristotle first asserts that happiness is an ultimate good that is both complete and self-sufficient. (2) The ultimate good for a thing
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that I would take to evaluate his arguments can be found in this week’s chapter on p. 219 and are as follows: • Step 1: After fully listening to President Kennedy’s argument‚ I would identify any hidden premises that might have been included in the argument. If any part of the argument was complex‚ I would make sure to break down all parts of the argument that were expressed in order to better evaluate it. • Step 2: I would examine each part of the argument for any errors affecting the truth;
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a paragraph of roughly 100 words‚ summarize Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes’s central arguments in “What is an Author?” and “The Death of the Author.” Your goal is to capture the overarching argument‚ the big picture. Often‚ you will recognize the central argument when the rhetoric becomes abstract‚ more explanatory‚ conceptual‚ or theoretical in tone. ⎯ Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes’s main argument center on the figure of the author and attempt to deconstruct the vision of the author as
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