Academic papers on Argumentative / Pro-Con Essays

Stand Up & Be Counted: "Postethnic America."
(5 pp). One of America's foremost intellectual historians, David A. Hollinger addresses contemporary racism issues from a historical perspective, saying that conventional toleration of established groups has become counterproductive. ...
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The Debate Over the Origins of Man
This 5 page paper explores both creationism and evolution--and theories that unite the two--to consider how the topic should be taught in the classroom. A compromise is reached. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Case For Affirmative Action
This 5 page paper argues for affirmative action and cites several relevant cases. Fourteenth Amendment implications are duly noted. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Critical Analysis.
(6 pp - includes annotated bibliography). The speed of transfer and delivery of information zooms along the internet. With this technology it is vital to stay informed within any profession. Yet with that same speed, comes volume,...
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Information Systems Development Methodologies
(17 pp includes outline). An information system can be perceived as a "human activity system." That same human activity system can then possess "technical subsystems." Traditionally, each group has had its own set of students or...
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Having Septuplets: Is this a Fair and Ethical Decision?
5 pages in length. Discussion includes whether it is fair for parents to knowingly risk their health and their babies in taking fertility drugs. Multiple births, and whether some fetuses should be 'selectively reduced.' Should society be able...
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Should College Students be
This 10 page report discusses whether or not college students, by virtue of their age and their standing as students, should be considered separate from the social or civil constraints imposed upon other citizens by the law. What has always been...
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Genetic Engineering and the World
This 5 page report presents an argumentative discussion that is opposed to genetic engineering of the plants and animals that make up the food chain for human beings. A great deal of the controversy regarding genetic engineering and...
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Aspects of Responsibility
This 5 page paper considers a fictitious case given by the student and argues whether or not a passive action can be seen to lead to criminal responsibility. Both sides are argued and a conclusion reached. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Female Genital Mutilation, Activism, and Alice Walker :
This 10 page paper wages a persuasive argument to fight female genital mutilation (FGM). Alice Walker's book "Anything We Love Can Be Saved : A Writer's Activism" is the impetus for the discussion. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Hang In There Mr. Gore
(10pp) This discussion was to be constructed to appeal to an audience who is more apathetic than hostile. It is suggested that, not only is this a unique moment in history to participate in the political system, but it is a better...
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There Should Be a Mandatory Retirement Age
A 5 page paper which argues that there should be a mandatory retirement age. The argument presented revolves around the fact that while the mandatory retirement age may need to be extended, due to the fact people are living longer and are better...
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Air Pollution
This 5 page tutorial focuses on the topic of air pollution. Specific instructions provided by a student are followed to wage a persuasive argument. Statistics are utilized and charts are included. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Epistomology of David Hume
(5 pp) According to the concept of "positivism" another phrase for Hum'e's train of thought, he believed that if you could think about something you had the ability to know it. Hume was convinced that there were two different ways and...
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Rites; Are they Merely Ancient Social Artefactes?
This 8 page paper considers the statement that Rites are artefacts form the past and social obligations. The paper considers the evidence for this statement and uses rites of passage as an example, looking for evidence for and against this statement...
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