Category Archives: Philosophy

Identify at least two or three rhetorical devices used during this debate and explain their effect on the audience.

Find a two-minute clip on any debate aired on the news in the last year. Provide a link to the clip and address the following: What is the context of the argument being made? Identify at least two or three rhetorical devices used during this debate and explain their effect on the audience. Do you […]

Identify at least two or three rhetorical devices used during this debate and explain their effect on the audience.

Find a two-minute clip on any debate aired on the news in the last year. Provide a link to the clip and address the following: What is the context of the argument being made? Identify at least two or three rhetorical devices used during this debate and explain their effect on the audience. Do you […]

How does the author use rhetorical strategies to sell this product to its audience?

Choose an advertisement on television, on the radio, on the Internet, or in print. Describe, deconstruct, and analyze the advertisement by answering the following items: Where did you find the advertisement ? Briefly describe the scenario depicted in the advertisement. What product is advertised? Who is the audience for this advertisement? How do you know […]

Write a dialogue in which an Aristotelian and a Cartesian attempt to persuade a neutral

The prompts allows for a creative approach to the topics. That said, while you will not be writing a formal essay, make sure not to sacrifice clear, concise, informative writing or rigorous argumentation You must still defend a claim in your writing assignment and you must make it clear what claim you are defending. Make […]

What could have been done differently at Exxon and the other agencies and organizations overseeing the oil transport?

ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY In Chapter 1 on page 23 of the Hartman text, there is a Decision Point entitled “Ethics after an Oil Spill.” After reading that, read the following resources concerning the Exxon Valdez oil spill (including the attachment, which is a portion of an article from Business Ethics Quarterly): https://evostc.state.ak.us/oil-spill-facts/settlement/#:~:text=What%20was%20the%20settlement%20with%20Exxon%3F&text=Exxon%20was%20fined%20%24150%20million,and%20paying%20certain%20private%20claims. Then analyze […]

Explain why you selected this type of résumé.

Communications Management Assignment Question(s): Part 1 (10 Marks) Find a job announcement for a position of interest to you and answer the following: Group and categorize the key abilities and attributes that are being sought. (4 Marks) 400 words Create either a chronological or functional résumé. (5 Marks) 500 words Explain why you selected this […]

Do you think there is a time when peers influence a child’s development more than other factors, like parents and siblings? Why or why not?

After reading chapter 2, what factors do you think have contributed most to who you are today? For example, are you more a product of early interpersonal bonds or losses (attachment theory) or learning or modeling (behavioral)? Or are you just a product of the billions of neurons in your body and how they function […]

How strongly do the premises of the argument support the truth of the conclusion?

Read the assigned sections of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 in your textbook: 5.1: Basic Concepts in Inductive Reasoning 5.2: Statistical Arguments: Statistical Syllogisms 5.3: Statistical Arguments: Inductive Generalizations 5.6: Arguments from Authority 5.7: Arguments from Analogy Chapter 5 Summary 6.4: Reasoning About Science: The Hypothetico-Deductive Method 6.5: Inference to the Best Explanation Watch the […]