Counterargument

Carr goes as far to say that he’s overreacting and people wouldn’t be wrong to brush him off. A choice of words that shows although he’s dedicated to his belief, he’s still very unsure himself. Carr gives two different anecdotes to expose the counterargument of his point, but fails to come back with a bold enough point to save his credibility. This decision leaves Carr’s piece in a stagnant limbo of “I’m right” and “maybe I’m wrong” for readers. Carr presents factual information well but fails…

I came to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh because I wanted to obtain a degree in nursing. While sitting through freshman orientation, I learned that my time here would focus not only on preparing me to be a nurse but also on providing me with a liberal arts education. Initially this did not excite me, as I did not see the use in focusing my time here on themes such as sustainability, civic knowledge, and intercultural competence. I had thought to accomplish this, I would need to take…

Insulting his intelligence in her essay, A Vindication of the Rights of Men, Mary Wollstonecraft responds belligerently to Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France. She solidifies her counterargument against Burke, by building upon the ideas of Thomas Paine, while adding her own criticisms of Burke’s writing. Wollstonecraft does not respond directly to all of Burke’s ideas, naming them incomplete, and criticizing his intellect and writing skills. In the Reflections on the…

eventually led to a violation of the Fifth Amendment, forbidding Congress to deprive any person and reinstating that slaves were in fact property. Calhoun’s counterproposal would soon be endorsed by the Virginia legislature. However, another counterargument had taken place again John C. Calhoun by President James K. Polk. Polk along with a few others proposed the extension of the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific Ocean. Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan, one of the last to weigh in on the…

and didn't understand anything, and lived lives of naught, and couldn't say a single word of value. Socrates was a special guy. He made up a philosophy, and then made up a story telling why anyone who disagrees with it is an idiot, and any counterarguments should be ignored without…

Gender divides nearly everything, from colors to toys. The simple mention of the color pink conjures images of numerous ideas and stereotypes associated with girls, while blue creates the same for boys. In her article for The Huffington Post, Sarah Aoun discusses the extension of this division into the sector of technology in higher education and beyond. The opening of her article works to establish the presence of a pronounced lack of women in the tech field, Aoun then takes the reader through…

Is the way we are currently teaching our students detrimental to their academic career? Dorothy Sayers, an expert in medieval studies, deliberates that the way students presently acquire information is not effective, therefor Sayers suggest that certain medieval educational methods should be implemented so that students can “learn to learn.” The technique used to teach students has changed over the years. Even the great philosophers of ancient Greek had different opinions on knowledge. Sayers’s…

Ethical relativism is the belief that there are some moral beliefs that only hold to a society or individual while differing from a neighboring civilization or person. If one was to assume that ethical relativism was true, would moral progress be possible? Would the act of improving while perfect be possible? The answer is no. The first process that must be done before diving into this question is defining the types of relativism. In the world of ethical relativism, there is a divide and…

to polarize the electorate in the upcoming election. Proponents argue that healthcare is a universal human right that should not just be readily available, but provided as an entitlement from the government to the population. Opponents provide counterarguments that private, free market coverage is superior to the government-funded option and lowers costs to create a better system for all. The polarization and dissension about the issue demonstrates the importance of the question: should the…

Cons/counterargument Jansen (2015) wrestles with the moral grey area that is VSED and PAS. She furthers the argument against both with fierce oppression. To purely say that VSED is the common middle ground in which both parties can compromise is misleading (P. 410). Jansen (2015) agrees that the support of VSED, based solely on the fact that patients have the right to refuse treatment, which in this case includes food (P. 410). This truth does not exempt VSED for the moral ethical debate that…