Annotated Bibliography Association for the Prevention of Torture. “Defusing the Ticking Bomb Scenario.” Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument‚ with Readings. Ed. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau. New York: Bedford St. Martin’s‚ 2011. 836-851. Print. The main idea of this passage is to expose the irrelevance of the ticking bomb scenario for the topic of torture. The article as a whole does not take a direct stand for or against or torture‚ however‚ it slightly
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gun advocates in the next section of her article. She claims that guns‚ just like cars‚ are known to “wreak great carnage‚” but are still legal‚ even for people without “enough common sense” to use them properly. She addresses here the common counterargument that cars are just as dangerous as guns‚ but no one questions whether they should be legal. However‚ she ultimately responds to that argument with the point that at least cars have some other use than violence‚ which is the only purpose of a gun
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applied her knowledge of philosophical‚ historical‚ and psychological theories to analyze the problem of modern woman (Simone de Beauvoir 251). To better understand why American people support abortion‚ one shall understand pro-choice arguments and counterarguments for the abortion that apply to a feminist perspective. In the past‚ women didn’t have
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of everlasting love. She describes that it does not exist and ultimately any connects a human being engages in is true love if those engaging in the scene are both portraying strong positive emotions. Taking this theory as fact‚ it leads to a counterargument on whether or not the tree truly loved the boy or felt obligated to show feelings towards him. Either way‚ she along the journey of her life loved more than the boy but ultimately ended up sacrificing everything for him‚ once again portraying
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School has been around for many years now. Countless of people every year attend this place in order to gain knowledge and grow as a person. The education an institution provides can vary from literature‚ philosophy‚ language‚ and so on. Willona M. Sloan has done research upon the purpose of education and found that it has to do with “[supporting] children’s ability to become lifelong learners who are able to love‚ work‚ and act as responsible members of the community” (pg 9). Although education
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Another strategic mistake of Al Qaeda related to its expansionist vision because the attempts to spread ideology through violence turned out to create more enemies to the organization. In many instances‚ their strategies have just transformed neutral countries into opponents. Those strategies were grounded for many reasons. After attacking the United State the organizations continually expanded their theater of operation to gain a greater portion of the world and “assume that most people in the
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Why banning this book and others is communist behavior Banning The lord of the flies and any other book‚ movie‚ and many other things is the work of communism. Think about it‚ if the state or federal government is going to go so far as to regulate the entertainment that suits your fancy‚ you might as well move to north korea if you want to be regulated like cattle by a sheep dog. The government has no right to say what I or any other free american can and can’t do or read or watch (within the
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lNicole Cofield Journal 9-18-11 “A Specific Scenario for the Origin of Life and the Genetic Code Based on Peptide/Oligonucleotide Interdependence” Citation Information Article Title: A specific Scenario for the Origin of Life and the Genetic Code Based on Peptide/Oligonucleotide Interdependence Year published: 2009 Authors: Robert W. Griffith Authors Affiliation: Department of Biology‚ University of Massachusetts Darmouth Publication: Springer Science Introduction Central question/hypothesis:
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In the presidential election‚ pictures are often used to highlight the intensity a candidate and their audience possesses for their argument. In the presidential debate‚ no one can argue that Donald Trump isn’t passionate‚ but some may argue that his passions spiral into aggression too quickly. Trump has been derogatory and rude towards women‚ but women still attend his rallies. He says things that are offensive‚ yet he remains in a close race with Hillary Clinton‚ even though Clinton has served
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The Government Should Take Steps to Control Population Growth Jie Wang EAP2 Writer’s Workshop Ms. Miller February 21‚ 2013 Abstract During the last 30 years‚ the world’s population has haven an increase of 60%. This paper focuses on the demographic situation and the problems of population growth. It discusses the benefits of population control in terms of economic development‚ environmental issues‚ employment pressure and education opportunities. It also talks about the disadvantage of population
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