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Topic 3 DQ1 Description: List three to five of the most significant decisions you have made in your lifetime. To what degree did your emotions play a role in those decisions?

PHI 105 Topic 3 Assignment; Fallacy Study Guide (1st Version)

1.Question:The individual in the following scenario is experiencing which cognitive distortion? “I am feeling so distraught today. Today is not going well. Life sucks.” 2.Question:Which distortion best aligns with this description? “This distortion is when we immediately jump to the worst conclusions about a particular event.” 3.Question:Which distortion best aligns with this description? “People experiencing this distortion have a fixed set of notions about how everyone should beha...

PHI 105 Topic 5 Assignment : ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY First Draft- Marijuana Legalization. Introduction The debate on marijuana has continued for decades now. In the United States, strict restrictions on the drug began in 1906. Since that time, the government formulated laws that prohibited the growing, selling, and consumption of the drug in the nation's various states. This action led to the emergence of the black market that witnessed the selling of contrabands in various states. Perpetra...

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 ...

PHI 105 Topic 5 Assignment : ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY First Draft- Marijuana Legalization. Introduction The debate on marijuana has continued for decades now. In the United States, strict restrictions on the drug began in 1906. Since that time, the government formulated laws that prohibited the growing, selling, and consumption of the drug in the nation's various states. This action led to the emergence of the black market that witnessed the selling of contrabands in various states. Perpetrato...

Persuasive Essay Against Marijuana Legalization Recently, California has legalized what is considered to be a class one controlled substance, which is marijuana. The topic of legalization has been one of high controversy in recent years. It has been an ongoing debate as to whether it is beneficial to the public and their health, or if it has negative health issues and causes issues such as higher crime. Despite arguments that marijuana is safe and non-addictive, evidence shows there are nume...

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...

Book banning is an ancient activity practiced throughout history and the world. (Miller, Laurence 1994). “Censorship, as discussed here, is defined as the forbidding, blocking, limiting, or obstructing access to information for whatever reason.” (Petress 2005). Many countries around the world use censorship to ban the reading, selling, and distribution of books. Book banning seems to fall into four categories, obscenity,

Legalization of Marijuana Recently, California has legalized what is considered to be a class one controlled substance, which is marijuana. The topic of legalization has been one of high controversy in recent years. It has been an ongoing debate as to whether it is beneficial to the public and their health, or if it has negative health issues and causes issues such as higher crime. Despite arguments that marijuana is safe and non-addictive, evidence shows there are numerous negative side eff...