Academic papers on Argumentative / Pro-Con Essays

Death in the Fast Lane - The Dangers of Excessive Vehicular Speed
A 9-page paper that examines the problem of excessive vehicular speed and outlines possible solutions to this problem. Included is a discussion of how law enforcement officials tend to downplay the importance of excessive speed when not combined...
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Labor and Politics: Are American Workers Citizens? (The Answer is Yes!)
(9pp)Webster defines a "citizen" as a person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to government protection. According to the definition and this writers opinion,American Workers are indeed citizens.But let's check out...
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Modes of Reasoning: Camilla Paglia
(5 pp) The article which will be examined in this analysis is "The Rape Debate," from Camilla Pagilia's 1992 book, Sex, Art and the American Culture. The conceptual question proposed by this author is that rape is at the far end of the...
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Persuasive Writing - Analyzing the Argument
A 2 page paper that examines a short argumentative paragraph concerning a protest carried out by a small number of a college's student body and presents suggestions as to how this argumentative presentation might be further clarified and evidenced. ...
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Persuasive Writing - Analyzing the Issue
A 2 page paper that examines the technique of issue analysis in persuasive writing. The issue of the commercial interests involved in popular film and television content is examined, and suggestions on the presentation and argument of this issue...
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Punishable by Death.
(5 pp) Maintenance of the death penalty is a necessary fact of American life. It has been argued that the finality of this punishment is a cruel and unusual punishment. However, "the Fifth Amendment provides that '[n]o persons shall be...
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Separation of Church and State.
(5 pp) It is essential that it be understood that separation of church and state, also in the First Amendment, is a means of protecting religious liberty by assuring that the government does not improperly support one religion over another...
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Is It Ever Commendable to Lie?
A 5 page paper which critically analyzes the following argument posed by author Henry Fielding in his novel, "Tom Jones": The elegant Lord Shaftesbury somewhere objects to telling too much truth: by which it may be fairly inferred, that, in some...
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Democracy - An Individual Choice
(7 pp)"Democracy" is one of the most popular words in the vocabulary of virtually all political systems everywhere in the world, yet we often forget that there are varying degrees of democracy. There are two definitions of democracy that...
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Gun Rights...and Wrongs - The Explosive Issue of Gun Control
A 3 page paper that argues in favor of retaining the rights of Americans to carry and bear arms as dictated by the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Presented are arguments and examples of those advocating gun...
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H.R. 2434: Worker Paycheck Fairness Act
A 5 page paper. This bill states, in part, that unions must obtain written permission from members to use their dues for anything besides collective bargaining and contract administration activities. This essay provides a history of the bill, a...
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American Colleges Should Rank Themselves.
(5 pp) Current college accreditation methods must change. College accreditation started off with the right idea, but now college ivy now hides its original goal and clouds an educational institution's mission statement as well as its...
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Should Abortion Be Legal?
This 3 page tutorial presents an interview with a nurse who works at an abortion clinic. The paper begins with a guide on how to interview and concludes with a critique on how the interview went. No bibliography. s
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The Art of Persuasion: Evaluation of Gun Control Essays
This 5 page paper looks at four distinct articles about gun control and assesses them in terms of their ability to persuade. Rank's model of persuasion is used. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Cocaine
This 6 page paper considers the pros and cons of legalizing cocaine and presents and accurate view of both sides of the argument. Specifically, this paper considers the benefits of legalizing cocaine, including reductions in the overcrowded...
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