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3 Doubt Arguments in Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

In four pages this text examines Meditations on First Philosophy in an analyzes of the three doubt arguments Rene Descartes presen...

David Hume's Perspectives and the Arguments of Thomas Nagel

In five pages this paper examines how David Hume's perspectives are addressed by Thomas Nagel in his arguments. Three sources are...

Compatibilism Supporting Arguments

then free will itself is not possible (Bass, 2002). This does not relate to the argument of the implausibility of free will and d...

Texas Flag Burning Case Arguments

In three pages this paper argues that the overturning of this decision by Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist was correct. On...

Arguments Surrounding the Issue of Prayer in Schools

place for religion in the schools. The debate is heated. First, it should be noted that there are many good reasons for inclusion....

Chinese Room Argument by John R. Searle

full of symbols are the data base. The small bunches that are handed in to me are questions and the bunches I then hand out are th...

Arguments for and against gun control

This is based not only on sociocultural factors such as crime rates, but also on different perspectives on the 2nd Amendment. ...

Tulsa Schools/A Toulmin Argument

society. It is quite conceivable that cutting teacher salaries will discourage and frustrate teachers, encouraging many to leave ...

An Argument for Social Security Privatization

virtually done away with pension plans in lieu of other benefits. This has placed more concern about Social Security in the laps o...

AN ARGUMENT SUPPORTING A SINGLE, GLOBAL CURRENCY

euro, and now the Middle East countries are going through the same thing as they attempt to reach a consensus for a single currenc...

Dream Argument of Rene Descartes

entire world does not revolve around them? Descartess dreaming argument likely suggests more than ones inability to determine whet...

One Classic Argument from The Crito

in a different time and place and almost seems like a fairy tale. Yet, if one were to consider that Socrates was a part of a cultu...

Human Rights and the Asian Values Argument

not be seen as universal needs to be considered, it may be argued that even in the west the concept of universal human rights is r...

Argument Against Concealed Weapon Carrying

This paper opposes the right to conceal weapons in nine pages. Eleven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Presidential Campaigning, the Toulmin Argument, Jeremy Bentham, and David Hume

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the conservative Bentham with the liberal Hume and then applies their concepts to...

An Argument for the Death Penalty

another. That, however, is precisely the point that a strict adherence to the death penalty would bring home to potential crimina...

IS ORGANIC BETTER: THE ARGUMENT FOR MORE ORGANIC FOODS AND FARMS

more concerned about their childrens nutrition. Is what their children getting in the local supermarket versus Whole Foods worse f...

An Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage

opposition of gay marriage. Making such a radical exception to the traditional constraints of marriage would introduce problems i...

An Argument for Reparations for Blacks

government whose existence is predicated on equality for all. In truth, however, there has historically been anything but equalit...

Kant’s Format for Argument

an author chooses to present his arguments can have an impact on how easy (or difficult) it is to understand him. This paper consi...

DEATH PENALTY: ARGUMENT AGAINST

Presents arguments against the death penalty in the United States. There are 10 sources listed in the bibliography of this 7-page ...

Argument: Children Without Siblings Should Serve in Combat

end of the story, because the man whose son was killed appears to be handling it well. He notes that life is difficult, and that w...

Immigration: An Argument for Stepped Up Control Policies

million in 2006 (Pastor 12). While many immigrants, Mexican or otherwise, contribute substantially to U.S. society, they also dra...

Assessment of Arguments Presented by Medea and Jason in Euripides’ Medea

Medea would also benefit: "What luckier chance could I have come across than this, An exile to marry the daughter of the king? It ...

Why a Draft Should be Implemented (Policy Argument)

there are many opposed to the concept. Yet, ironically, it is for that very reason why the proposal must be accepted. That is, the...

Argument: Prayer Does Not Belong in Public Schools

a hole in that wall. The purpose of public schools is to "educate, not to proselytize" (Gaylor). Advocates of prayers in public s...

Argument: Taking Antidepressants Does Not Lead to Suicide

over whether or not SSRIs increase suicidality since 1990, when a paper appeared discussing "6 cases in which intense suicidal pre...

Mark Edmundson's "On The Uses Of A Liberal Education" - Argument Against His Point Of View

virtually impossible to have critical thinking present without the benefit of decision-making or to experience the decision-making...

A Failed Argument: There Is No God That Is Omniscient, Omnipotent and Perfectly Good

Native Americans. Lets consider the Greeks briefly because their gods are familiar. We are dealing here with Zeus, the King of t...

A Failing Argument

fourth premise is that a world in which people are free to try and harm others if they choose, but do not succeed in doing so is b...