Word: argumentation
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Every manner of political argument is ruled legitimate in our democratic discourse. But invoke the Bible as grounding for your politics, and the First Amendment police will charge you with breaching the sacred wall separating church and state. Carter notes, for example, that one is allowed to have any view on abortion so long as it derives from ethical or practical or sociological or medical considerations. But should someone stand up and oppose abortion for reasons of faith, he is accused of trying to impose his religious beliefs on others. Call on Timothy Leary or Chairman Mao, fine. Call...
DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION (1916) John Dewey's argument that an evolving democracy required a new way of teaching its future citizens became one of the most influential and controversial theories of the century. Out with old methods of rote learning; in with practical problem solving and learning by doing. The classroom debate continues...
Deborah Tannen, a professor at Georgetown University, is author of The Argument Culture...
...Chung's argument was echoed by Kovacevich as well during the flurry of activity surrounding the grape referendum in November...
Kaus wrote his senior thesis on the inevitable failure of capitalism--an argument he admits has been "disproved by the last 30 years...