Academic papers on Argumentative / Pro-Con Essays

Smoking in Restaurants
A 3 page paper which argues that smoking should not be allowed in restaurants. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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What We Can Do To Dissuade Predatory Criminals
A 5 page consideration of the factors that motivate predatory criminals and how we can modify our own behavior to reduce our risks of becoming a victim. This paper points out that in the wild it is the weak, the slow, and the inattentive...
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THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ART AND SOCIETY -- REAL OR NOT?
This 6-page paper is an argumentative essay that refutes art critic Clement Greenberg's philosophy that art must separate itself from everyday life and everyday culture to remain pure and not become "kitsch." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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SOCIAL SECURITY AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT: A GOOD IDEA
This 8-page paper is an argumentative essay, supporting the idea that privatization of Social Security is the best way to save the system. Arguments include the fact that Americans are capable of making their own investment choices. Bibliography...
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BIG BUSINESS -- BAD BUSINESS OR NOT?
This 4-page paper attempts to answer the question of whether big business is bad business or not. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY: TO GYM OR NOT TO GYM"
This 3-page paper discusses the pros and cons of going to a gym.
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Technology: Convenient or Inconvenient?
This 3 paper debates the question of whether technology is convenient or inconvenient Answer: yes. Paper is opinion; no sources listed.
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STATE OF TEXAS, LEGISLATURE AND FULL-TIME MEETINGS
This 6-page paper is an argumentative essay, demonstrating that Texas state legislators do need to meet full-time, rather than on the bi-annual basis they're at now. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF LOVE
This 3-page paper focuses on an essay definition of love.
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CANADIAN HEALTH CARE AND EFFECTIVENESS IN CALIFORNIA
This 3-page paper is a persuasive argument as to why the Canadian health care system model would work well in the United States. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Does God Exist
This 4 page paper presents an argument for God's existence. This brief paper comments on matter and energy, how evil can exist in the same universe as God and St. Thomas Aquinas' argument regarding cause and effect. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Arguing in Favor of Abortion
This 4 page paper argues in favor of keeping abortion safe and legal. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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OUTSOURCING AND THE UNITED STATES: BENEFIT OR NOT?
This 4-page paper examines the impact of U.S. corporate outsourcing/offshoring on the workforce, taking the position that offshoring has a negative impact on employees in America. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Arguing Against Gun Control
A 3 page argumentation essay against gun control that features deductive and inductive arguments as well as supporting evidence and refutation of the opposing argument in favor of gun control. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Violence, Terrorism and Justice
This 12-page paper discusses the article and its main arguments and views of terrorism; the relationship of the article to pacifism and characteristics of violence; the relationship between terrorism and the philosophy of ethical egoism; and whether...
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