Arguments are an integral part of human society‚ and structuring these arguments properly is important to emphasize a point. In the documentary I Can Change Your Mind About Climate‚ many legitimate and illegitimate arguments are put forward to the viewer. Some of these arguments are structurally wrong‚ and in some of them the premises are not relevant to the conclusion. The purpose of the documentary was for the two main protagonists‚ Anna Rose and Nick Minchin to try and change each others minds
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heart is developed at three weeks. What is pro-life and pro-choice? • Pro-life: People who believe that the fetus/baby should be protected. • Pro-choice: People who believe that the women have the right to decide what happen to the fetus/baby. Why do women decide abortion instead of adoption? • Unplanned pregnancy • Fear of parents‚ family‚ and friends’ rejection. • Adoption is only considered as a last option What are the procedures for abortion? • Morning after pill • Aspiration abortion
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To what extent does Gaunilo’s criticism of Anselm’s argument succeed in demonstrating that the argument fails? Gaunilo‚ a Benedictine monk and contemporary of St Anselm was the first to raise objections to Anselm’s idea that God exists by definition‚ claiming within “On behalf of the Fool” that Anselm’s argument was not logical and needed to be discredited. Gaunilo famously claimed that Anselm’s conclusion that the non-existence of God is “unintelligible” cannot show that God necessarily exists
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Abortions Should Be banned”‚ Susan E. Wills argues late term abortion is unnecessary and should be banned. She gives descriptions of what happens during these procedures. The information is provided from doctors and nurses and judges supporting her argument. In the first portion of the article she uses historical reference of the Nazi occupied Germany in comparison to late term abortions‚ claiming they are much too close to infanticide. She questions where the line should be drawn on abortion and what
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German Estrada Mrs. Trejo English 1A 07/09/2013 Argument Essay We live in a small world. People are always going to be rude‚ offensive‚ and uncivil‚ and that’s just how this world is. I am not saying everyone is though‚ but once in a while we see or hear that part of someone who just is not having the best of days and is being the rudest most disrespectable person anyone has ever seen and that automatically makes that person a bad influence in our society. Well I do not think it is‚ every person
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The Design Argument Saint Thomas Aquinas was a Catholic Priest in the Dominican Order and a very important medieval philosopher and theologian. He wrote a book‚ SummaTheologiae‚ presenting five proofs of God’s existence. Each of Aquina’s arguments begins with an observation that is supposed to be easily understood by everyone. Aquina’s fifth argument for the existence of God is what has come to be called the Argument from Design. The Design argument is one of three arguments about the
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Why Is Child Obesity an Important Health Problem in America? Webster University Unknown Student Techniques of substance Abuse Counseling Dr. Barbara Omer July 28‚ 2002 Abstract Obesity is a chronic state of being overweight. It ’s a life threatening condition and current research has shown that obesity is the leading cause for the increased health threats that persons of the developed world face. Obesity increases a person ’s threat for contracting diabetes‚ strokes‚ heart problems‚ certain
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Therefore‚ brain science cannot fundamentally change economics (is what is being argued). 4. Which of Camerer’s counter-arguments seems most persuasive? Why? The argument that neuroeconomics can use technological advances in understanding the choice-making organ (the brain) to find non-price neural and psychological variables that predict and change economic choices seems to be the most persuasive
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Constructing Moral Arguments Five Steps for Constructing Moral Arguments People need to pass a driving test to get a license to drive a car. People should also have to take a test and get a license before they can become a parent by having children. After all‚ parenting is a greater responsibility and requires more skill than driving. Develop a list of premises: Driving is important because as parents we need to be able to transport our children to school. Since we are responsible for our children’s
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Summary of the Ontological Argument The Ontological Argument of St. Anselm is an a priori argument; it is formulated through reason alone‚ rather than experience. This argument does not rely on external evidence or sense experience. It is deductive (universal to particular) as it draws from its argument purely from a set of premises. In the 11th century‚ St. Anselm presented his argument for the existence of God in his published work‚ the Proslogion. His work was based on 4 premises which led
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