Skepticism

There is a lot of evidence that enhance the credibility of the articles to support the claims I assert. More importantly, the use of counter arguments in the essays shows consideration of both sides. Not just a single sided argument that may create skepticism and confusion. The 1st out of class essay, “A Powerful Tool: Emotional Appeal,” argues that emotional appeals are more influential than facts. This phenomenon is called living in a post-truth world. In people’s…

Considering students learn ethics from their parents, social environment, and peers, the need for teaching them a moral code is unnecessary through literary works. Prose compels an exceptional argument on the skepticism she feels towards literary works because of the lack of complexity for diversity. Values develop and change throughout the duration of an individual’s life and literary works are unable to universally modify the reader’s values to align with the…

JFK Extra Credit Assignment |Name: CHAU, Tak Huen Date of submission: 18 July 2016 | Date of visit: 16 July 2016 Situated by the seaside, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum contains far more than exhibits laying out president Kennedy’s life. During my visit there, I have made interesting observations which are highly relevant three elements in the study of international relations: individual’s influence in policy-making, assumptions of paradigms and the complexity of reality.…

Since the establishment of our country, Elections have been primarily dominated by the traditional politician. As time goes on, change occurs, but even a psychic could not have predicted what is taking place at this moment. Never before has there been a presidential race that shows the traditional politician becoming a political minority. With the variety of the non-traditional candidates, they make traditional politician appear almost yester-year. Business experts such as Donald Trump, Doctors…

exerted spiritual authority. However the enlightenment, also known as the age of reason challenged the supremacy of religion in both the political and social life of Europe. Enlightenment philosophers like Voltaire and John Locke viewed religion with skepticism and believed it should not interfere with the public sphere. Bruce Lincoln, the author of Holy Terrors, Thinking about Religion after September 11 attempts to breakdown ever changing history to other aspects of culture. He analyzed the…

Douglass’s Rhetorical Triangle of Slavery America was created by people seeking freedom from tyranny and injustice, yet slavery represents the complete opposite of America’s founding principles. The Bill of Rights, with all of its rights and freedoms, did not apply to slaves. Not only were they deprived of the right to free speech and property ownership, but they were also denied the rights to life, individual liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Rather, slaves were treated as property and…

foundation for necessary truths (innate ideas that cannot be false) by reconstructing the ideas he previously known. Instead of initially throwing out everything he previously knew, he attacks the foundation of specific ideas and increases the level of skepticism in his argument while doubting each maneuver he used to think is true while remaining open to certain ideals. This is known as the “Method of Doubt”, in which Descartes…

peoples including governments and more often, it is also should be expected that people have a sense of skepticism tied to any trust to protect themselves. The American government is an example of a group that needs to earn the trust of its citizens who grant it legitimacy and the right to rule. However recently and overtime, things and incidents have happened which have raised doubts and skepticism towards the virtue of the American system. Benjamin Ginsberg in his book The American Lie, argues…

An abundance paradigm views the world in terms of boundless potential, where there is the possibility of enough for everyone. If you identify with a scarcity mentality you may view the previous sentence with skepticism and dismissal, or equate an abundance perspective with a deluded utopian vision. Yet rather than a Pollyannaish denial of injustice, an abundance mentality views the inequities of the world as stemming from scarcity consciousness on an individual…

disappearance of enormous, ancient glaciers. The documentary makes you feel guilty as it shows your actions as a human being negatively impacting the planet. Despite the guilty feeling, I would recommend others to view Chasing Ice to thwart any skepticism regarding climate change as well as, to view first-hand the effects throughout the globe. The documentary may impact skeptics of climate change, people of different cultures, particularly cultures from high industrious countries, as the film…