The One Minute Case For Abortion Rights
What is abortion? Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the induced removal of the fetus which results in the death of the fetus. There are two issues raised in abortion debates: Does a fetus...
View ArticleThe One Minute Case Against the Cosmological Argument
The cosmological, or “first cause” argument, is a metaphysical argument for the existence of God. St. Thomas Aquinas stated it as: Every finite and contingent being has a cause. Nothing finite and...
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The One Minute Case For Individual Rights
Man is the rational animal Like all living beings, man requires certain values to survive, but he is unique in that he must choose the values necessary for his life because he has no automatic means of...
View ArticleThe One Minute Case For Strict Civil Liability of the Justice System
What is the problem? The growing use of non-lethal weapons such as tasers by the police has to calls to ban or restrict their use. The real issue being debated is the extent to which police officers...
View ArticleThe One Minute Case Against Cheating
Recent studies have shown that in the U.S., 56% of middle school students and 70% of high school students have cheated.[1] Why is cheating on the rise? The best place to start analyzing this question...
View ArticleThe One Minute Case for Rational Self-Interest
Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism proposes a radical new theory of ethics: an objective, scientific theory of rational self-interest. How does Ayn Rand justify her theory? What is a moral code?...
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The One Minute Case For Philosophy
What is philosophy? Philosophy is the field that looks at the most basic, universal questions about existence. While other sciences study certain aspects of things, or certain types of things,...
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