Essays on Objections

mmmmm dd, yyyy (Dimson, 2015) (Explore adidas, n.d.) Both advertisements are just showing the product and nothing else but their elements are making different appeals to customers. Nike is showing a strange looking model where the sport is not clear. The effect is to look into the ad closer to find out for what sport is the shoe. This is a strong catch-on for any sports shoe customer. It challenges the imagination and is invoking a challenge to the viewer. The other appeal is it is invoking science when it has the word ‘gravity’ boldly emblazoned. The message connotes ...

Leon Kass in his essay “Ageless Bodies, Happy Souls: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Perfection” (2003) tells the reader about some advances in the modern biotechnology and their possible impact on the society. He states that humanity is near the beginning of the golden age of the branch of science. He seems to be appreciating the benefits biotechnology gives to the whole humankind such as prolongation of life, cures for diseases and so forth. In fact, however, he expresses his concerns about the non-therapeutic use of the achievements of contemporary science. These concerns are linked to the nature of ...

The extraction of oil and natural gas has been a major industry in the United States for many years. Originally, this fuel was used simply to heat homes. With the advancement in technology, many different types of machinery, including electrical generators at power plants, automobiles and home appliances have been designed to operate using natural gas. In recent years, it has become more difficult to find new sources of natural gas. Hence, various companies have ventured in hydraulic fracking in the hope of producing more natural gas. However, the hydraulic fracking itself brings a host of environmental and health ...

Argumentative Research Paper

Introduction In the recent decades, multiple economic, political and cultural factors have contributed to China’s increasing participation in the global market, particularly in the international retail. The country’s retail market is among the most dynamic in the world today, while the fast and decisive adoption of the technological opportunities for retail operations made China the largest e-commerce market worldwide with the sales revenue of estimated $589 billion as for 2015 (Tong). Chinese retailers readily use the modern technological means to reach both local and foreign consumers, which has led to the dramatic growth of China’s Business-to-Consumer ...

Stem cell research and therapy are not new and continue to be a controversial topic. The benefits of stem cells, and what most scientists agree are the potential benefits of stem cells, in curing disease and regenerating tissue are seemingly limitless. In the past bone marrow transplants were the primary method used to obtain stem cells for research into cures for contemporary diseases such as cancer, heart disease, Parkinson’s, Alzheimers, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes as well as spinal cord injuries. However, Embryonic Stem Cell Research (ESCR) is much more controversial. There has been a recent shift to use ...

1. Johnna: The essay’s thesis is a claim of value and it is maintained throughout the essay. The thesis is: “The public is the main reason that baseball players abuse performance enhancing drugs because the public has high expectations that athletes believe are unachievable without the use of steroids”. The main points of the essay are mentioned in the thesis. Body paragraphs begin with topic sentences and the ideas are well developed. The objections to the claim the readers might have are adequately addressed because the writer mentions that the athletes feel the pressure to use drugs because ...

Essay 1

Introduction Maurice Cranston expressed skepticism over the status of social, cultural, and economic rights as genuine human rights. Cranston gave various objections for the status of social, cultural, and economic rights as genuine human rights. The context in which these reasons are best understood is the context in which the concept of genuine human rights is understood. This paper explores the reasons for which Cranston denies the social, cultural, and economic rights the status of genuine human rights. This feat will be achieved by considering the concept of genuine human rights. Cranston makes two significant objections to the status ...

Communication

SITUATION 1: Upon experiencing strong feelings in a conflict situation, you would: __ 0___ A. Enjoy the emotional release and sense of exhilaration and accomplishment. __3___ B. Enjoy the strategizing involved and the challenge of the conflict. __4__ C. Become serious about how others are feeling and thinking. __2___ D. Find it frightening because you do not accept that differences can be discussed without someone’s getting hurt. __1__ E. Become convinced that there is nothing you can do to resolve the issue. __10___ TOTAL

SITUATION 2: Consider the following statements and rate them in terms of how characteristic they are of your personal beliefs:

__4___ A. Life is conquered by those who believe in winning. __1__ B. Winning ...

Philosophically, there are intrinsic and extrinsic objections to Mrs. Pettit’s behavior. Intrinsic objections state that the behavior is morally wrong regardless of the consequences of it, while extrinsic objections propose the behavior is not wrong, but the outcome is morally unacceptable. In this case, the intrinsic objections involve the act of group oral sex while extrinsic objections are the potential impact on her students in the event of discovery. Classical theories of ethical behavior may assist in clarification. Utilitarians believe that benefits to society as a whole take precedence over individuals; in other words, the most good for ...

Does all of the creation have equal rights? Or are some of the Earthlings more valuable than the others? This question has become a deep issue nowadays. While in the past, the moral status of animals was not strongly debated as there were more acute issues at the time, now this issue is rather actual. When the racism and sexism were defeated, and all humans gained equal rights, have not the time come for animals to get these rights? Should animals be given equal considerations of interests with humans? Peter Singer answers with a strong “yes.” He calls the ...

Introduction

This paper discusses the roles of specific players within the criminal justice system, namely judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys including how these roles sometimes intermingle with reference to given fact patterns.

The Role of the Prosecutor

Should Joe Justice want to get the deal done with Jim Lawbreaker, some of the options available for him including entering into a plea agreement or arrangement and studying the arresting or investigating police report to ascertain details of the crime and its magnitude. Yes, Joe Justice has enough evidence to take against Stick Martin to grand jury. According to Gaines and Miller (2012), a prosecutor has a ...

Can we identify “care ethics” with feminist ethics? What aspect of traditional ethics does “care ethics” criticize? What is the basic proposal of the advocates of this theory for improving ethics in general? Care ethics dictate the application of moral theories bound by the context of the situation prevailing at that time. This was context entailed interdependencies between those who give care and those in need of care. It was formulated in the 80’s by feminist idealist: a psychologist and philosopher. Feminist ethical theories, unlike traditional ethical theories, stress the importance of relationships in the society as key ...

According to Smith (2010), healthcare providers are vested with the duty of providing care to patients. This concept is clearly defined as per healthcare codes of conduct and standards of practice. In this regard, any individual entrusted with the titles of a health provider must ensure patients receive adequate and quality care. At the same time, the provider must ensure the patient’s rights are withheld, such as the right to receive care and access to medical services during emergency situations, among others. Therefore, the extent of care provided by the providers is based on the determination of the ...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the most famous abolitionists who fought for women’s rights and again slavery. She was among the founders of the National Woman Suffrage Association and first Woman’s Rights Convention. Her Keynote Address at the First Woman’s Rights Convention, proving that women should have the same rights as men, is a great example of a strong, effective argument. In this masterpiece, Stanton protests against the discriminative laws which determine the submissive role of women in mid-nineteenth century society. She objects to treatment of women as the inferior race and argues for the ...

Objections to Moliere’s Play Tartuffe

Indeed, there are various personnel that object the thematic and presentation-related aspects of the play titled Tartuffe by Moliere (Muller 169). Importantly, one of the most outspoken and aggressive critique is the clergy presiding the event attended by the pope. In this case, the clergy is of the opinion that Moliere was attacking the religion (Prest 132). This perspective is inspired by the fact that Moliere paints religious fundamentalists as ones who seek to maintain an appealing and morally upright look from the outside while their souls are full of evil. As such, he is ordered by the king ...

Epicurus viewed death as annihilation. He observed that people fear death because they think they will have unpleasant life after death. He says this fear can be removed when a personal understands death as an annihilation since the atoms that make life disperse after death. He thinks that death is neither harmful for the people who are living nor to the dead. This, he argues, is because the living are not dead while the dead do not exist. He also thinks that when people anticipate death it is erroneous for them and irrational since there is no life after ...

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

In 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Under the ACA, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is authorized to promulgate regulations on the kinds of contraceptives and family planning services that should be covered under certain employer-based health plans. Previously, HHS exempted a broad class of religious institutions (e.g. churches, religious orders, and their integrated auxiliaries) and not-for-profit organizations. Eventually, HHS concluded that any contraceptive approved by the FDA should be covered. Under the contraceptive mandate, any company not in compliance is subject to a penalty of $100 per ...

There are those who would justify the enslavement of humans by pointing to the enormous amount of wealth generated through that enslavement and that that enslavement was a sacrifice to which blacks willingly, though unwittingly, took part. If that were a valid assessment of the enslavement of so many for the benefit of so few, then its validity would sit on the testimony of those who were enslaved. However, that testimony, as found in Fredrick Douglas’ Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas does not support such an outlandish premise. On the contrary, Douglas’ Narrative witnesses the atrocity that ...

Introduction

The cloning is one of the contemporary controversial topics. The development in this area has been made through the history and there are various positive and also negative effects connected with it. Public opinion is not crystallized on the cloning topic where some are in favor and others against. The paper will provide information that cloning can have both negative and positive impacts, and that the knowledge in the public about the issue is insufficient which results in negative attitudes towards it. The thesis of the paper is that despite its therapeutic uses, cloning for the purpose of reproduction ...

Response Paper

Response Paper The presence and existence of God is seen in our daily lives through the practices and the relevant undertaking that we pass through without knowledge of how successfully they pass. To be aware of God, however, implies that one is certain of the belief in His dominical that surrounds every human being, and in everything that is in the universe. McCloskey in his article, “On Being Atheist” attempts to provide proof that the existence of God is not true; with various claims why atheism is a much easier concept to understand compared to theism (McCloskey, 1968). However, ...

It seems that there is no philosophy more vulnerable to external, rational criticism, than the philosophy of Descartes. The literary form of his works is nothing short of doubt. For example, his main work "Discourse on Method” is rather a fiction than a philosophical treatise; or I’d rather say, it’s a kind of notes about his life: experience, thoughts, or feelings. Moreover, they are difficult to reconcile in a single work. However, Descartes manages to question absolutely everything in the world in dozens of pages under the same title, then to find a way out of this, ...

Laws are established in a country so as to maintain order in the community. Laws are mainly written by leaders and failure to follow the laws leads to punishment by law enforcers or the judicial department. One may wonder whether or not citizens should follow the law without any objections. The obedience and lawbreaking issues appear to be a crucial issue in the real world as people struggle with enforcing and obeying laws stipulated in various institutions or nations. Some famous philosophers such as Socrates have played a significant role in the world of philosophy. Socrates defined and considered ...