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    ourselves). Immediately it is clear that there are some questionable claims in the premises. These include whether or not it actually is reasonable to assume others are trustworthy, and whether or not the majority of other people really do believe in God. When looking at the argument, the first thing one has to notice is whether or not the argument can be defended as valid or not. In order to do so, we must analyze the first premise. This argument claims that other people can ‘generally’ be…

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    there is a very clear violation of this premise. Not only does the murderer cause physical pain to his victim by maiming him, he ended by killing his victim and then, to make things worse, consumed some of the victims flesh. So it is clear that since the actions of Mr. Meiwes (p) inflicted suffering and ultimately death on his victim, Mr. Brandes, the event was morally wrong and Mr. Meiwes could not have been acting in any morally acceptable way. This premise is true due to the fact that since…

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    ’ This shows the emotional scars on the lives of the family, who may never be able to get over the loss of a dear family member. The unjustified suffering on both the victim and family’s part are observable, which shows that rape is wrong. Thus, premise 2 is objectively…

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    it is logical to wager or bet “that God is”. I will first outline his three premises of the wager and then I will have a criticism that is held against him. Specifically, the criticism is towards his second premise which states, “you must wager. It is not optional”. Lastly, I will be responding to that criticism, since I am agreeing with Pascal’s premise. Pascal’s wager consists of the following premises: the first premise is, “If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible”. Pascal is…

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    Informal Logic

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    important to teach the arts and humanities to children? Main argument: Premise 1: Humanities class gives kids sense about where they come from. Premise 2: Humanities helps kid to develop skills they need to grow up. Premise 3: Art relaxes your mind. Premise 4: Art helps kids to express their emotions. Conclusion: therefore kids should be taught humanities Counterargument: Premise 1: art classes are a drain to the economy. Premise 2: art educations are considered a distraction. Conclusion:…

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    Video Games Violence? Favorable or Damaging? Video games are a multi-billion dollar industry. Over years the sales just continue to increase substantially. Video games have accumulated over around 46 billion dollars in revenue throughout the years. Today trend in video games contains violence, which mass of people find entertaining. Video game violence has been a controversial topic throughout the past years. It is still an on-going boiling argument and is still discussed every day. Although…

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    Warren is not trying to deny the first premise. But on the contrary she is allowing for it to be a “self-evident moral truth.” What Warren is trying to cast is that the conclusion for premise one should be allowed and that the second premise is switching the meaning of the term “human being” and the syllogism based on this is a case of ambiguousness. I believe Warren is aiming towards the first premise as a way of saying the first premise is claiming the moral sense of those who are fully…

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    interact. Premises 1 and 2 defy the the law of noncontradiction, which states that the conclusion must either be or not be something (p or not p). Therefore, due to premises two and three and the law of noncontradiction, the mind must be a material thing and cannot be an…

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    is treated as an argument. Moreover, it removes the connotation of an argument as being fiery. Wow, I love your introduction! For example, in math, we can call an equation the point of the argument, and the proof that brought the equation, the premise or the reason that the argument is true. Arguments are claims backed up by evidence. The argument can rely on the evidence…

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    Cj Hospital Case Study

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    owned sandwich shop, Subway operating 24 hours on its premises. The hospital provides meal vouchers to all its 240 medical employees to be redeemed at the cafeteria or Subway. This voucher is meant to be used when the employees are on call in case of an emergency. In any other event, the hospital employees are not required to be on or near the cafeteria or the Subway premises during meal hours. However, the employees are generally at the premises at meal hours. Issues CJ hospital provides meal…

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