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Papers On Argumentative / Pro-Con Essays
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The Problem of Affirmative Action
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A 5 page research paper arguing that affirmative action can and should be banned. Includes outline, and bibliography with 6 sources.
Filename: Affirm3.wps
LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS: A POSITION PAPER
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This 4 page paper presents a logical arguement for the legalization of drugs, based on the writings of philosopher John Stuart Mill. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBardrg.rtf
Nixon’s Failed Attempt at Protecting the
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Nixon's Failed Attempt at Protecting the Office of President
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In his Second Watergate Speech of August 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon tries to defend his culpability in the Republican Party actions discovered at the Watergate hotel and resultant impending impeachment by way of arguing for protection of the Office of the President by preventing certain aspects of the investigation through use of his power as president of the United States. This argument fails by virtue of the fact that, being under investigation for illegal acts, he is not in a position of protecting that office and his speech does not succeed in regaining that authority, making it a non-viable defense for his personal involvement in the Watergate activity. 2 works cited. jvNixonm.rtf
Filename: jvNixonm.rtf
THE AENEID AS PROPOGANDA
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This 3 page paper discusses the creation of the Aeneid as propoganda for the rule of Augustus. Textural evidence given. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBaeneid.rtf
Drug Testing Should Be Mandatory For Certain Occupations
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This 5 page paper argues that drug testing should be mandatory for airline pilots, school bus drivers, transit drivers, and heavy equipment operators. Supreme Court decisions on drug testing in general are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA229drg.rtf
EUTHANASIA: AN ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER
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This 8 page paper argues that euthanasia should be legalized. Three issues/rationales are given and supported with quotes from various texts. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MBeuth.rtf
"Justices Restrict Right to Sue HMO: Parties Can't Allege Malpractice if Insurance Refuses to Pay for Care"
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A 3 page review of this June 2004 article by Lisa Rapaport published in "The Bee". The author highlights the main points presented in the article and emphasizes that is useful not only in detailing the Supreme Court ruling but also in outlining the set of circumstances under which it occurred. It is just as useful, however, in the fact that it assesses what the ruling could mean to Americans.
Filename: PPhmoArt.rtf
"National Geographic": Political Propaganda or Insight into the Exotic and Fascinating?
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A 6 page discussion of the criticism that has been waged by some authors against "National Geographic". Analyzing those criticisms and evaluating them against one specific article in particular this paper concludes that "National Geographic" is not a political publication and it is not intended to be. The publication's "images are formed, selected and controlled, purveyed and read" (as one author has contended) all right but they are presented for the specific purpose of giving us a view of the exotic and the interesting not the political and controversial. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPntlGeo.rtf
"People-Seeds": An Analogy In the Abortion Argument
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A 6 page discussion of the concept of "person-seeds", a concept introduced by author Judith Jarvis Thomson in 1971. This paper outlines Thomson's analogy and uses it to delve deeper into the issue of the rights and wrongs of abortion. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPabrtSd.rtf
