LIST:
Is it ever permissible to torture a person?
Should athletes be allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs (such as steroids or EPO) or techniques (such as blood doping or oxygen tanks)?
Should universal healthcare be available to all regardless of their ability to pay in the same way that other services (such as education) are available to all for free?
Does one have an obligation to report wrongdoing by ones employer even when doing so will result in the loss of ones job? Are whistle blower laws effective and necessary?
Does social media enhance or hinder interpersonal relationships?
Is it important to teach the arts and humanities to children
This assignment is not an essay but an exercise that helps build toward your Final Paper for the course. Your task in this assignment is to construct the best argument you can for a position on a controversial topic. Your argument should be your own creation. You may take inspiration from other arguments but the formulation of the argument you present should be original to you.
Prepare:
Write: In your paper
All men are mortal.
Socrates is a man.
Therefore Socrates is mortal.
The Initial Argument Paper