The Violence Interrupters The film “The Interrupters” by Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz is based on a group of individuals that are part of Ceasefire, a Chicago anti-violence program. Gary Slutkin, the founder of Ceasefire, believes that the spread of violence is very similar to the spread of disease, and so he believes that the treatment should be analogous. In order to stop the infection, one must go after the most infected, the source. The main goal of the violence interrupters is to simply
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judgmental bias. This particular bias was chosen based on his statement concerning Jim Gettys, "There is only one man who can rid the politics of this State of the evil domination of Boss Jim Gettys." The campaigner's speech also coincides with several fallacies, such as scapegoating, scare tactics, and ad hominine. The movie continues to pick up with Governor hopeful Charles Kane. Governor hopeful Kane joins in with the political bias and scapegoating by making a statement that he will point out
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States has been a topic of concern for quite some time now. The law passed down in July, 1984 states, the age of 21 years as the minimum age for purchasing and publicly possessing alcoholic beverages . For this assignment I have chosen to critique a fallacy in the argument regarding the dispute of a decrease of the current age of consumption and purchasing alcohol in the United States. I believe the arguments discussed in the selected article to be fallacious because they deal generally with the positive
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Classical Argument Incorporates the five parts of a discourse that ancient teachers of rhetoric believed were necessary for persuasion, especially when the audience included a mixture of reactions from favorable to hostile. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ beginning in an interesting way providing background or context that was relevant to their specific audience stating their claims and
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Devry Phil 447 Final Exam IF You Want To Purchase A+ Work then Click The Link Below For Instant Down Load http://www.hwspeed.com/Devry-Phil-447-Final-Exam-0404044480.htm?categoryId=-1 IF You Face Any Problem Then E Mail Us At JOHNMATE1122@GMAIL.COM Question Page 1 Question 1.1. (TCO 1) "Thinking about thinking" is the definition of what? (Points : 4) Development of arguments Measure of good sense Development of critical skills Writing for clarity Critical thinking Question 2
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Individual Article Rebuttal I recently read an article posted by an individual that qualifies as controversial. The topic is .22 lr ammo and price gauging. A little bit of background on the issue. The particular ammo in question is the smallest caliber ammo. Typical shooters use this ammo for simply target practice as it is usually too small to kill animals, or be used as self-defense rounds. It is the weakest ammo, and usually the very cheapest to buy. Two years ago, there were boxes upon boxes
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Name: Anon Professor: E. K. Sweatshop Exercise Assignment Part 1: By applying the Universal Intellectual Standards, four errors or violations have been identified in the essay “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops”. The information contained in this essay was apparently gathered from an investigation report conducted by the WorldWeave Foundation, of course mentioned only by the writer, more on this later. One of the first thing I noticed as a violation is the use of emotional manipulation. Countless
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Anti-Gay Controversy Article Rebuttal Paper: James Lee University of Phoenix BCOM/275 Anti-Gay Controversy Article Rebuttal It is hard to argue that issues regarding gay rights have been under a great deal of scrutiny in recent years. Though much news has been geared towards same-sex marriage in relation to the recent presidential elections, gay rights have also been sparking upheaval in relation to the workplace. Specifically, in a Huffington Post article “Chick-fil-A Anti-Gay Controversy:
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Fallacies around Social Services Name Institution Instructor Course Date Introduction The paper is intended to enumerate and analyze the fallacies that are built around the human services department. It is meant to make a critical inception of the roles and the functions that are the mandate of this department. That will enable the observers to understand the fallacies that are built around this issue and the implication it has on the aspect of service provision. That will, therefore, provide
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assumptions and prejudices. Fallacy : A fallacy is an argument which appears to be valid but in reality it is not so. It is invalid argument which is camouflaged and can deceive or mislead by a show of truth. A fallacy may be committed unintentionally or intentionally. When the fallacy is committed unintentionally is called paralogism. Costs of fallacious reasoning : A fallacious reasoning is nothing but a false reasoning or a reasoning that does not make sense. The costs of fallacies can be derived as
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