Word: argumentation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...simplicity of this argument did not satisfy some audience members, but Gould maintained that Bach's St. John Passion was not a gratuitous choice: it is one of only two Passions by Bach, both universally recognized masterpieces. Himself a member of The Boston Cecilia Board of Directors, Gould's argument seemed analogous to the Cecilia's decision to both perform the Passion and to hold the anti-Semitism discussion: Great art should be performed, and when it is controversial, that controversy must be faced. But this seems to be a stop-gap argument. Was The Boston Cecilia primarily motivated...
...argument to eliminate recess is that free, unstructured play-time has no educational value. "We are intent on improving academic performance," said Benjamin O. Canada, the superintendent of schools in Atlanta. "You don't do that by having kids hanging on the monkey bars...
...Latin. The language may not be universally studied as it once was, but it remains the language of the educational tradition on which this school (and colleges and universities around the world) was founded. To return to Latin would be to acknowledge that tradition. As for the argument that very few of us take Latin anymore and therefore couldn't read our diplomas, I have two responses: first, the Latin on a diploma is not complex and we know what it should be saying-we just need to make sure our names are spelled correctly. Second, by not using...
Legally potent, this argument is often flaunted in higher education, for the moral justification of diversity lacks the popularity it once held, but this rationale is still important. Colleges and universities are gateways to elite society. Education is the key that grants one access to privilege, to standing, to power. Universities therefore have a moral obligation to swing wide their doors and extend to those who have historically been missing from this elite an opportunity to change this situation...
Before concluding, Bauer returned to speaking of trade with China. Dismissing the argument that economic activity will change China, he said trade with China has transformed the U.S. into a "moneybags democracy...