One-sided argument

A Critique of Epicurus’s Argument about Death Kejia Jiang Word count: 1419 As the founder of Epicureanism, Greek philosopher Epicurus presented the view that it is irrational to fear or hate death and death is not a misfortune for one who dies. The main idea he used to defend his argument was that no one will feel painful while dead, therefore death is not a bad thing for people and there is no need to fear it. At the first glance, the argument may seem to be plausible. However,…

persons in attendance, While the root -At means, the place of someone or where something is. This topic is an issue of debate all over the world. Some people support this rule while others are against it. Many arguments in favor of strict attendance policy have been presented while some arguments are against the strict attendance policy. Students in college and universities are mature enough to make their own decision. The school attendance policy affects the life of the student in many…

with the argument Thompson makes in her essay,’ A defense of Abortion,’ that abortion is; morally permissible in the instance of rape or possible health complications that would endanger the life of the mother, and morally permissible in other circumstances due to the mother’s right to her own body outweighing the child’s right to live in the circumstance that the parents took the appropriate precautions to prevent pregnancy. Thompson’s violinist case provides a strong conclusive argument for…

published in the Ghanaian Times, in Accra, Ghana. The main argument that Agbemabiese presents is that the schools provided and supported by western powers in Ghana lack the cultural experience of their communities, driving children towards alienation from their own homes. Ahmed Kuyini, author of “Ghana’s education reform 2007: A realistic…

With this situation put forth, the idea of using people as means and the idea of no harm being done is conflicting since anencephalic babies do not have autonomy and cannot feel anything due to a lack of sensation, but are still people. One side argues that killing the baby deliberately is unethical and illegal due to the fact that there is, technically, life in the baby. On the contrary, I would argue that the court 's decision to prohibit the transplant surgery was wrong, considering…

There are various effective arguments I would make to support students having homework by their teachers. The first argument I would make is that homework helps students to better retain the lessons they’ve learned during the school day. Students need a lot of exercises to do to retain what they learn everyday in school. Since class time isn’t enough to provide a lot of exercises on one subject, homework is the best way to exercise what’s been learned in class. If no homework is given to…

culture. It begins with the argument that Jell-O has received relatively little attention for the amount of influence it has had. She claims that it is the only commercial food to cross regional and ethnic lines (Newton 250). Newton makes several bold claims at the beginning of her article. One of these claims is, “To many of us, Jell-O is America – or certainly at least the Midwest, which to food marketing executives may amount to the same thing” (Newton 251). Another one of her bold claims…

resentful of death, he argues, since they have wanted and practiced for it a long time (64a–68a). In this paper I shall present Socrates’ argument for this conclusion and critically evaluate it. The argument appears to commit the fallacy of equivocation. But I think Socrates’ argument can be salvaged by very slightly reformulating it. Nevertheless, the argument tacitly assumes that the soul is immortal and survives the body’s death. Without a defense of this controversial…

educational purposes, the argument of how they are teaching it tends to come up in conversation quite often. Students are being taught while reading that they can relate to Anne and the things that she is currently going through. Students tend to believe that they are facing some of the issues that Anne was forced to experience. Ultimately, leading to a false understanding of what people actually experienced throughout the Holocaust. While this is a very valid argument, many scholars argue…

The one that convinced me was the use of the anesthesiologist about his opinion and his other colleagues. Certain researchers are also put in to give facts about chances of survival in the near future. “Few researchers predict that human- harvested organs will become obsolete anytime soon, however; one cardiovascular pathologist says… we’ll still be using this a century from now (125).” What really stuck…