PHI 105 Philosophy (PHI105)

The Cons on Abortion Millions of women in the United States and across the world make a choice that drives them to abortion everyday due to lack or resources and support (Foster, 2015). One in every five pregnancies will end with abortion (Mathewes-Green, 2016). In addition, nearly 70,000 women a year die from unsafe abortions,most of these women were uneducated about safe sex and the dangers of abortion (Arons, Jessica, and Shira, 2007). As Christians, abortion goes against the Bible; Church m...

Description: Grand Canyon University's slogan is "Find Your Purpose." How have you used, or could you use critical thinking in finding your purpose?

Topic 7 DQ 2 Description: Based on your prior knowledge and chapter 7 of the ebook, what does it mean to use ethics in your thinking?

1) Bland, H. W., Melton, B. F., Bigham, L. E., & Welle, P. D. (2014). Quantifying the impact of physical activity on stress tolerance in college students. College Student Journal, 48(4), 559-568. 2) What steps can you take to find help with library resources? 3) When using a journal article to support your essay, when do you have to include an in-text citation? 4) When doing research on your topic, “The impact of steroids on America”, you find you have too much information for a thr...

AssignmentDirections: Use the Persuasive Essay Outline on the next page to outline your persuasive essay bycompletingthefollowing: • Usethefeedbackyoureceivedfromyourinstructortorevise yourthesisstatement. • Write your thesis as a complete sentence (as you would in your essay) in the“Thesis Sentence” section under the Introductory Paragraph heading in the outlinebelow. • Createatopic sentenceforeachofthethree paragraphsthatcomprisethebodyofyouressay. • Recordthetopicsentencesine...

a) How do individuals acquire and develop language? There are many ways that an individual acquires language. As humans, we are exposed to language from before we exit the womb. Studies have shown that a fetus reacts to the sounds of its external environment. Even though it cannot hear clearly, as all of the sounds are muffled due to the amniotic fluid, it can still recognize the sound of its mother, and it’s father’s voice. Even when music is played while in utero, the babies tend to reac...

PHI 105 Topic 4 DQ 1 Description: Review the vignettes in the document attached below. Select one vignette and identify at least two examples of fallacies that we have discussed in class. Record the fallacious quotes from the vignette and explain what type of fallacy you believe they are. For follow-up discussion (participation posts this week), decide whether or not you agree or disagree with your classmates and explain why. Your responses should be based on the fallacy only, not the content ...

Topic 4 DQ 2& Responses Description: As you are working on your outline this week, review your three subtopics. Do you see any fallacies in them? How will you avoid using fallacious reasoning in your essay?

1. Question: Select the fallacy that best describes the following statement: “If you believe in global warming you just believe everything you are told and don’t think for yourself.” 2. Question: Select the fallacy that best describes the following statement: “I don’t wear my seatbelt while driving anymore because I have three friends that all got in accidents while they were wearing their seatbelts.” 3. Question: Select the fallacy that best describes the following statement: ...

1. Question:Joseph ran for President of his high school’s senior class. When Joseph’s opponent, Sandra, won the election, he felt that the voting was rigged and that the peopledistributing ballots must have told students to vote for Sandra or they may have bribed the voters with candy. Which one of the following fallacies most align with this statement? 2. Question:Mike left work 15 minutes early because everyone else seemed to leave at least 15 minutes early on Fridays so he figured it mu...