Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...task is to actively defend and fight for the rational principles and ideals we hold so dear and to demonstrate, by argument and practice, that it is possible to lead a good and meaningful life without religion," the Declaration states...
This concern for the students first is the moral center of Peterson's argument. Put simply, Peterson is saying that students who cannot afford private school deserve an education of private school quality. This is a great thing to say, and it should be said louder, clearer and more frequently...
...unfortunate implications of this argument stem from its basic, logical flaw. Rawlins's case employs a subtle equivocation on the word "represented;" that is, she uses it simultaneously to mean two different things. On the one hand, she uses "represented" to mean having someone present on the council who speaks for you, while, on the other hand, she uses it to mean having your group's demographic presence reflected proportionally in the actual make-up of the council. Rawlins then conflates the two in order to suggest that the first is impossible without the second. But, as a believer...
...premise of her argument-that the "white male" dominated Council does not contain enough women and racial and ethnic minorities to represent "properly" Harvard's undergraduate community-is based on the racist and sexist assumption that students' principles and beliefs regarding student policy are determined by their sexual features or the hue of their skin...
Even in the United States, where Angell believes this research would be completely unacceptable, there is a strong argument to be advanced for using willing and knowledgeable people in scientific experiments. Across the country, many poor sufferers from HIV have been kicked off treatment programs that can cost the state $12,000 a year per person. This year, Missouri evicted many sufferers from the state program. After public outcry, the program took back 417 patients, but not everyone it had laid off. Thirty-five state-administered AIDS programs across the country have taken emergency moves, cutting their treatment programs...