ANALYZING SOMEONE ELSE’ ARGUMENT! Part 1: Please find an argument to analyze. Be creative! Some suggestions are to use a commercial, letter to the editor (or op/ed piece). Analyze the argument you choose. What is the main purpose of the argument? Is it inductive? Deductive? Are there any fallacies being used? If so, which ones?Part … Read more
The assignment is divided into two parts: the prewriting paper (Part 1) due this week, and the essay (Part 2) due in Week 5. OverviewWhen looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect … Read more
[Sian Proctor:] When you are constructing, you need a lot of concrete. What a lot of people dont realize about concrete is that it actually generates a lot of heat. [Harry Pritchett, narrator:] When water is added to cement, it causes a chemical reaction that produces heat. ~ from Stargate in the Jungle, Strange Evidence, … Read more
After reading ch. 2 in Justice and then watching Episode 2 at http://www.justiceharvard.org/watch/, answer ONE of the following in a short essay of 250-350 words: 1. When is it morally allowed or permissible to use cost-benefit analysis to put a dollar value on human life? Give some examples. Explain. When is the above not allowed? … Read more
Essay I is due in Module 3 (Feb. 10). This assignment is worth a lot of points. I suggest you start thinking about which topic you want to write on. Note that you pick only one topic. You can write on a different topic, but please pass your idea by me first. Essay Topics I … Read more
Based on our tips, forms, fallacies & all available evidence, is global warming real or a hoax: what’s the most logical explanation for the claims of so many scientists that global warming is real & due in significant part to human activities? use the quotes in the file and set up the ABC set to … Read more
Based on our tips, forms, fallacies & all available evidence, is global warming real or a hoax: what’s the most logical explanation for the claims of so many scientists that global warming is real & due in significant part to human activities? use the quotes in the file and set up the ABC set to … Read more
Socrates said to his jurors, Are you not ashamed that, while you take care to acquire as much wealth as possible, with honor and glory as well, yet you take no care or thought for understanding truth, or for the best possible state of your soul? I have to answer if I agree with this … Read more
Textbook: Chapters 3, 4LessonMinimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)InstructionsReview the following ethical dilemmas: John Doe has decided to clone himself. He is sterile. He cannot find anyone to marry him. He wishes to have children. He knows that he will not be able to love a child that is adopted or … Read more
Required ResourcesRead/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 1, 2LessonMinimum of 2 scholarly sources in addition to the textbookInstructionsFor this assignment propose a scenario where you or someone you know are confronted with a moral dilemma relating to cultural diversity and multiculturalism. It cannot be the same as what was covered in the … Read more