Philosophical arguments

on to argue for each. I will go through arguments that there is an obligation and choose the strongest as my main argument and then go through and reject an argument against there being an obligation. First I will start by explaining the basic views of Cosmopolitanism. This is the view that distributive justice, the redistribution of money from the wealthy to the poor, should be spread worldwide and not just in one nation. This can come in…

does not play a role in upward mobility in the poor rather it serves as an incentive for the bright minds to reach. Discussion The propositions main argument was that income inequality impairs the American dream, because low income families don’t have the resources the wealthy have in order to climb the financial ladder. Therefore, we have the argument by the proposition that we have an impediment for the poor, in which not being able to afford a quality education or the necessary glasses…

or what is to blame for this apparent gap. Slaughter blames men and the systems that men have created while Dorment claims that a lack of drive and personal responsibility is limiting women to their current status. I personally side with Dorment’s argument on the issue, mostly due to the fact that Slaughter fails to be persuasive in her article due to the little evidence she provides being contradictory to other evidence presented by both Slaughter and Dorment. Slaughter’s article presents the…

faith in some of their most famous arguments, specifically Pascal’s, devalue faith by making faith selfish, providing an obvious out to faith, and making the decision of faith into a gamble, oddly, his devaluation of faith does not hurt his argument, it makes it easier to convince the skeptics. To prove that Pascal’s argument devalues faith and to understand why it doesn’t negatively affect his argument, it’s necessary to understand the whole argument. His argument can be split into quite a few…

Has technology compromised our sexual and social life? As technology has become an integral part of our lives, people start questioning whether or not we are too addicted to it that we could give up our social life. A survey conducted by Sachs media group in 2013 shows that majority of respondents would not give up their smartphone for a week, given the choice among sex, smartphone, alcohol and caffeine (Sachs media group, 2013). The statistics presented through the infographic “What Won’t We…

Carl Sagan was a well-known astronomer who studied extraterrestrial intelligence advocated for nuclear disarmament. Growing up Sagan developed a passion for astronomy (Moore). Michael Shermer received his B.A. in psychology and his M.A. in experimental psychology. He taught a course for Ph.D. students on Evolution, Economics, and the Brain. He was head of one of America’s leading skeptic organizations (Shermer). Shermer is more rhetorically effective than Sagan in his reading because he goes…

Question no.1:- Define thesis statement and anecdote in your own words? Answer no.1:- THESIS STATEMENT:- • Should be single sentences, not more than two. • Reflection of the topic of the essay. • It shouldn’t be a fact, announcement, quotation or question. • Gives significance of the subject of an essay. • 4 ideas, 1 main and 3 supporting. • Central idea of the whole topic. • Dual dimensional (i.e. helps both readers…

down everything I wanted in that moment painted a clear picture of the state I was in for any future readers including myself. Looking back at this old post managed to trigger emotions that I had not felt since the time that I wrote it. The central argument of On Keeping a Notebook by Joan Didion is one about reconnection and reconciliation with her past self. Her strong values of self-awareness and staying connected to her past were reasons for her keeping a notebook. “We forget all too soon…

Fallacy is a kind of error during arguing or reasoning anything. Fallacy may be created intentionally or unintentionally, majorly identified fallacy involved in argument some are in explanation definition etc. Some people also define fallacy as failure in providing sufficient proof for a believe. Just after voting when Three said to Eight that” That person is dangerous killer you were at court and heard all the things.” Here this point is fallacy (cherry picking or begging the question) because…

A religious experience is an encounter with the divine also known as something supernatural beyond ourselves. It cannot be observed, therefore making it non-empirical. This religious experience is most commonly through interaction with other humans and nature. According to Paul Tillich, a religious experience is a feeling of “ultimate concern” demanding a decisive decision decision about what? from the person experiencing it. Whereas, Martin Buber says God reveals himself on a personal level…