Argument form

individual can only attain a better sense of judgment and pleasure in truth by collating his own opinion with a variety of opinions in which it can be expressed by every character of mind. My thesis is that Mill’s argument for this claim is not sound. I will begin by reconstructing Mill’s argument that opposing opinions should be not be silenced based on the idea that society and consequently, individuals attain better perception of truth in an atmosphere with liberty of contradicting opinions.…

paragraphs below. To begin, I will briefly explain what are the two cases and how they are ethically controversial, after, I will mention what are the values and principles that are conflicting with each other and finally, I will explain the different arguments in support and against this moral issue using theories such as Kantianism and Utilitarianism. The Tarasoff Case Tatiana Tarasoff, a student at the…

Within good writing, there is a distinct balance between creativity and discipline. Strunk (1918) argues, “In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete, and even when he is dealing with general principles he must give particular instances of their application” (p. 23). To write an effective analytical paper, a writer should convey ideas by being conscious of mechanical and grammatical mistakes but should also develop personal style and creativity…

the ‘bad eggs’ and which ones you want your children to befriend? What about those who embezzle and commit fraud, are they also deviant? Being such a broad topic, is there really a single theory out there that can explain why deviance occurs. From arguments that it happens because of the culture of the lower class to issues surrounding the ego, or perhaps its environmental factors that explain deviance. I will argue that because deviance is a diverse phenomenon and therefore cannot be explained…

this techno-economic paradigm shift except the innovations. The diffusion patterns that Postman and Perez described will repeat themselves, according to socio-economic patterns, in the conceptual age with the help of the Net Generation in order to form the new infrastructure of information based on social knowledge. The analysis begins with a deconstruction of Dr. Walker’s challenge to all those who speculate about the future of…

paper aims to analyse the arguments provided by the author in the article; How Technology Can Improve Online Learning by Robert Mendenhall. The article successfully outlines the imperatives and advantages of online teaching as compared to traditional teaching methodology. The arguments presented by the author are logical and devoid of fallacies that makes it immensely effective and rationale article on the topic. The articles basically stems its arguments in the form of comparison between the…

measuring a PSAs efficacy. This review attempts to examine the components of PSAs and how different components may increase or decrease its efficacy. Research by Zhao, Strasser, Cappella, Lerman and Fishbein (2011) states that the strength of the argument presented has a significant result on…

who oppose Glenn Beck and his positions, or a book to confirm conservative beliefs and provide multitudes of answers to opposing arguments. It may seem as if it is just another political science book about politics, and in some ways it is just that, but the format of this book is quite different from the rest. In the section of…

“Just copy what I say and you’ll win,” my coach said to me. This was a common catchphrase she would tell my partner and me at our speech and debate practices. No matter how much we would tell her that she is wrong, she would sternly reply to just follow what she said. When I started to stop copying what she said I learned to start thinking for myself and saying what I believe. This past summer I qualified to attend the national speech tournament by competing in a local district…

While reading the book An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments, I came across various fallacies that were used within The Postmortal. For example, argument from consequences was used when the cure became accessible to those who were discrete about the process. Many people in the novel were against the idea of becoming postmortel. Their personal views of…