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Table of Contents:
Chapter One: Evaluating Arguments: A Six-Step Guide 1 Step One: Finding the Thesis 2 Step Two: Determining Whether the Argument Cites Convincing Factual Evidence 7 Step Three: Determining Whether the Argument Cites Convincing Statistics 7 Step Four: Determining Whether the Argument Cites Convincing Opinions 9 Step Five: Determining Whether the Argument Is Based on Acceptable Assumptions and Values 13 Step Six: Looking for Logical Traps: The "Shifty Fifty" 23 Chapter Two: Timeless Questions Throughout World History: A Reader 49 How Did the World Begin? 49 How Should Murderers Be Punished? 55 What Is Woman? 59 What Is Goodness? 63 Who Gives Political Leaders Their Power? 71 Can It Be Proven that God Exists? 75 Who Should Be Allowed to Vote? 81 What Is Genocide? 87 What Is the Best Form of Government? 91 What Is the Relationship between Church and State? 95 What Was Slavery? 99 What Is Marriage? 103 Is Violence Ever Justifiable as a Form of Protest? 109 What Are Civil Rights? 115 How Should the Poor Be Treated? 119 How Will the World End? 123 Is There an Afterlife? 129 Chapter Three: Time-Specific Questions Throughout World History: A Reader 133 Why Did the Roman Empire Fall? 133 Was Christopher Columbus a Hero? 137 What Were the Effects of Imperialism? 143 What Were the Effects of the Industrial Revolution? 147 What Is Communism? 151 What Does It Mean to Live in a Totalitarian Regime? 157 Was It Right for the United States to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan in World War II? 161 What Was Apartheid in South Africa? 165 What Are the Causes of Africa's Problems? 169 Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse? 173 Who Should Control Palestine? 179 Bibliography 185 Endnotes 187


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  • ISBN-13: 9780757543623
  • Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
  • Publisher Imprint: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0757543626
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jun 2007
  • Binding: Paperback


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