Essays and Research Papers on Argumentative / Pro-Con / Pro-Con

This 3-page paper is a cause-and-effect essay, explaining why a particular student is attending college.

This 3 page essay is an exercise that argues our society is selfish and self-centered.

This 5-page essay discusses Barbara Ehrenreich's essay, "Zipped Lips," and determines if the author's conclusions were valid or if she was simply blowing a great deal of hot air. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper responds to a series of quotations about gender, social relationships, communication and identity. Bibliography lists 3 sources

A 2 page paper that examines the technique of issue analysis in persuasive writing. The issue of the commercial interests involved in popular film and television content is examined, and suggestions on the presentation and argument of this issue are exemplified. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5-page paper discusses whether advertising is unethical, or simply a vehicle for communication of a product or service. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This paper is a tutorial discussing how a student might write about the concept of visual rhetoric. The paper offers arguments both pro and con about the concept of rhetoric in a visual mode. The paper includes footnotes and an MLA bibilography that lists 5 sources.

A 9 page assertion that technology not only presents a threat to our natural world but has the potential to strip us of our very humanness. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

This is a 3 page paper discussing the difference between copyright and patent and the discussion of a case involving a computer program. Copyright is an unregistered right to created works which have been fixed in some form on paper, film, electronic or sound mediums and includes creative works such as novels, databases, computer programs, ...

An 8 page overview of computer crime related to hacking. This paper explores the ethics and justifications of hacking, dismissing those justifications as simply illogical. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 6 page paper contrasts and compares two Broadway reviews of the new Little Shop of Horrors. Quotes cited from texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In an effort to restore customer satisfaction and harmony in the workplace, I suggest the organization implement a writing skills workshop to benefit the entire organization. Writing skills are more than an incidental organizational practice. Internally, they dispel misunderstanding among employees. Both internally and externally, they reflect an organizations pride, morale, self-esteem, and attitude. Just ...

This 3 paper debates the question of whether technology is convenient or inconvenient Answer: yes. Paper is opinion; no sources listed.

A 5 page paper outlining the major ethical issues dealing with reproductive technology and modern medicine. Some of the technologies discussed include in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, etc; The writer takes the view of the protagonist: these medical breakthroughs should be used by those people unable to have children naturally. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper is written in the style of a memo to the head of a non profit making organization, advocating that the policy adopted towards food production policies should not reject technology and intensive farming practices. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 5 page report briefly examines some of the controversies raised on the subject of cloning. The body of evidence reported and the practical application of scientific products supports the value of biotechnology, including cloning. Among the many reasons to support arguments in favor of cloning is the idea that DNA probe systems will ...

This quote begins a 10 page paper that examines our reliance on technology and our value of philosophy. The discussion looks at the technocracy movement of the 30's, yet strikes a more moderate resolution than the quote suggests. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 3-page paper supports the theory that technology, and the Internet, can lead to isolation. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper argues that it is. The Mesthene/ McDermott debate is highlighted. Many examples or given and current illustrations are used as examples. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

Walter Benjamin, writing on Kafka and the concept of redemption in modernity, relates how redemption is premised on the past. Freud turns our attention to science as the only provable, explanatory form of redemption available, and that redemption resides in the psyche of the individual. He scoffs at the concept of a religious form of ...

This is a 4 page paper discussing the use of the Harvard comma and the controversy over its use. The Harvard comma, also known as the Oxford comma or serial comma, has lived through a fair amount of controversy for a writing style. The use of the comma in a series and before the final ...

This 6 page paper takes the form of a letter in the style of the letter Dr. Martin Luther King wrote from the Birmingham Jail. This letter discusses why an employee is going to become a "whistleblower."

This 3 page paper analyzes an article that Margaret Mead wrote, arguing that war is an invention. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page perspective on a local smoking ban. Written from the perspective of a non-smoker, this paper presents the evidence that makes it clear that the ban is in the best interest of both non-smokers and smokers. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page discussion of the impact of gender-targeted advertising on society. This paper notes the discrepancies which exist in using females verses male models in certain segments of advertising but emphasizes that as disturbing as this discrepancy is there are even more disturbing aspects of gender-targeted advertising. One of the most disturbing ...