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66Let's Stop Being so Damn Respectful
Let’s Stop Being so Damn Respectful If we want to know the truth, it’s important to hear both sides of an argument. It’s also important to give both sides a fair and respectful hearing. However, it’s important to define what we mean by...
2 comments69Respect my Rights: Stop Smoking in Bars and Restaurants
Respect my Rights America has come a long way in the fight against smoking. In order to ensure that all Americans are made aware of the dangers of smoking, all cigarette packages now contain clear warning labels. Many states have...
4 comments67The Child-Driven Education
Child-Driven Education In July 2010, Sugata Mitra presented a TED talk on child-driven education. In this talk, Mitra discusses an experiment that he performed in education. Mitra went to several slums in India and installed computers with...
0 comments64Article Use (A, An and The)
Article Use (A, an, the) Which Article to Use- The articles “a” and “an” are used when talking about something general. For example, you might say that you want a sandwich. You don’t want a particular sandwich; any sandwich will do....
1 comment67The Circle of Poverty
Circle of Poverty From time to time, the media discusses government welfare programs that benefit the less fortunate. One argument I hear again and again is that social welfare programs aren’t fair. According to some, it is unfair to use...
3 comments71Making the Case for Determinism
Making the Case for Determinism In this essay, I am going to make a some-what odd argument. I’m going to argue that all human action is pre-determined. When I say human action is pre-determined, I mean that the laws of physics make...
1 comment77Writing an Ethical Argument
Writing an Ethical Argument This document is intended to be an instructional resource for students or instructors who want to learn more about how to write an ethical argument. This document is divided into four sections, each of which discusses...
0 comments73Socrates Should have Escaped
Socrates was Wrong I will be arguing that Socrates ought to have escaped his execution. I will begin by summarizing the two main arguments that Socrates gives for accepting his death in Crito. From there, I will examine each one in turn and...
0 comments68Letting go of Intuition: An Essay on How we Ought to Understand Morality
Letting Go Of Intuition 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to argue against robust moral realism. To do that, we must first define what exactly robust moral realism is. Robust moral realism is the claim that there are objective facts...
0 comments75Letting Go of Intuition: An Argument Against Moral Realism
This paper discusses the nature of morality. Does morality consist of objective, mind-independent principles, or is it only a natural result of evolutionary pressures? While there would seem to be a lot of common sense behind the claim that morality consists of objective facts, I will argue that this claim is subject to many criticisms, many of which are based on the works of John Mackie. Furthermore, I will consider one of the most popular arguments for robust moral realism: the argument that
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