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Sophocles' Observation 'Truth is the Strongest Argument'

In five pages the truth of this statement is argued with supporting evidence from various philosophers. Four sources are cited in...

Argument and the Pragma-Dialectic Theoretical Approach

In eleven pages this paper examines the pragma dialectic theory developed by van Eemeren and Grootendorst as it can be applied to ...

Argument Presented that the US Should Have Refused to Sign the Versailles Treaty

In seven pages this paper argues that the US was correct in refusing to sign the Treaty of Versailles. Six sources are cited in t...

Secession For and Against Arguments

This paper consists of five pages and addresses newly elected U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on the issue of secession and recomme...

'Self Reliance' and Arguments of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In five pages the convincing arguments of Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essay 'Self Reliance' are considered. There are no other sou...

Skeptical Challenge and 'Meditation' Argument of Rene Descartes

He found that he could not believe in something unless its certainty was unquestionable. He only believed in the concrete, the po...

Crito's Argument That Socrates Should Escape from Prison

In five pages this paper considers why Crito believes Socrates should attempt a prison escape instead of subject himself to capita...

Armstrong's Argument Compared with Descartes' Metaphysics

This research report looks at the ideas of both of these theorists. Armstrong's opposition to Descartes' ideas is duly noted. Thi...

Arguments on the Death Penalty

In five pages the different positions one can take regarding the issue of capital punishment are presented both pro and con. Six ...

Argument in Favor of U.S. Legalization of Marijuana

Medical Marijuana initiative was passed in California in 1996 (Annas 435). Annas said, "The law allows physicians to recommend ma...

Student Argument on the 2 World Wars

the Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a serb and the beginning of World War I in 1914 ("World History" PG; Mather 4). Some suggest th...

Website Depiction of Creationism v. Evolution Arguments

In five pages this paper considers how 2 websites portray creationism v. evolution topics in terms of informational material.. Th...

Arguments Regarding Capital Punishment

In five pages capital punishment is examined in terms of pro and con arguments with no conclusions drawn. Seven sources are cited...

Argument: It is Time to Change Visual Flight Rules

This 10 page paper argues that investigations of airplane crashes can be impeded by current VFR regulations. The crash of JFK Jr. ...

Argument That Happiness Cannot Be Purchased with Money

he made suggestions that half of all consumption is wasteful (Lebergott as cited in Stabile 685). Veblen had good company as Adam...

An Argument in Favor of Alternative Medicine

traditional Western medicine in prevention, in treatment, and in easing the pain of the inevitable. Of course, there are times whe...

Two Euthanasia Arguments Compared

The arguments presented regarding euthanasia are based on the differing ideas that there is a crucial distinction between "passive...

Author's Arguments Presented in Former California Governor Pete Wilson's Securing Our Nation's Borders

argument by discussing statistical facts: 1. There are a million illegal immigrants in Los Angeles alone (1). 2. Only one-third o...

Argument in Favor of Affirmative Action

This paper consists of eight pages and considers what Affirmative Action is, the need for its creation, and why it is a program th...

Argument by David M. Halperin 'There Has Only Been 100 Years of Homosexuality' Assessed

nineteenth century, there could not have existed criteria such as homosexuality or heterosexuality. Halperin contended that back ...

Argument Opposing the Flat Tax

In five pages this paper argues that the flat tax would be unfair to impoverished individuals and would furthermore be damaging to...

Fallacious, Informal Proof Argument Defending A Grade

a B by virtue of having the same answers as the student who actually did his own work on the final (Cohen, 2004)....

Rene Descartes and the "Evil Demon" Argument

do know for certain that objects exist, we must know of them through the mind and not the senses (Important arguments ...). Desca...

Argument for Pro-Life

a woman decides this is advisable (Ponnuru 37). Whatever the rhetoric that is involved in this argument, the bottom line is that s...

Argument: A President's Gender Should Not Matter

majority of Americans - over 90% in some polls - say that the time has come to elect a woman President. Surprisingly, the traditio...

The Abortion Argument

the risk involved in the abortion is in and of itself a reason to suggest that it should be put off. Women use abortion-because it...

Argument for Child Labor

controlling other cultures it does not even begin to understand. America takes its own ideals and puts them on cultures they do ...

Plato's Arguments for Forms, Immortality and Knowledge

the preexistence of the soul, and the separate existence of forms work together or not? Thats a lot of questions to tackle, and to...

Interconnected Arguments From "The First Of Berkeley's Three Dialogues"

to exist, the material world would, therefore, be a useless creation (Berkeley, 1986). Philonous attempts to understand Hylas pos...

Pro-Slavery Arguments

powerful and great civilizations of the past, the Greeks and the Egyptians and the Romans, all possessed slaves (Castillo, 2006). ...