Other Undergraduate 931 words

Monroe's Motivated Sequence: Benefits of X-Rays

A persuasive speech outline using Monroe's Motivated Sequence to reduce anxiety about X-rays by explaining how they work and why their benefits outweigh risks.

Communications

~5 min read

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675 words

Mike Davis's argument on racism, free trade, and environmental catastrophe in Late Victorian Holocausts

How persuasive is Mike Davis's argument that European racism, free trade, and the environment conspired to murder millions between 1875 and 1910? Which of the three holds the most blame?

~4 min read

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3,251 words

Psychotropic medications and mass shooting incidents: examining links to perpetrator drug use

A persuasive essay, arguing link school shootings Columbine Virginia Tech, mass shootings, Aurora Theater shootings, Gabriel Giffords shooting, gunman/perpetrators psychotropic medications SSRI Antidepressants, Stimulant medications Ritalin, Adderall Concerta a, Atypical Antipsychotics, smoking…

~17 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,656 words

Regulating Deepfakes: Democracy's Defense Against AI Lies

This argumentative essay makes the case for regulating AI deepfakes in democratic elections, citing real cases, policy proposals

Technology

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,656 words

Beyond Adjustment: Why AI Demands Societal Restructuring Now

This argumentative essay makes the case that AI and automation demand major societal restructuring — UBI, retraining, and shorter working weeks — drawing on

Technology

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,916 words

Grounded in Reality: Why Aristotle Outpaces Plato Today

This argumentative essay examines whether Aristotle's empirically grounded philosophy proves more useful for contemporary inquiry than Plato's rationalist

Philosophy

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,878 words

Bounded Government: The Case for Progressive Communitarianism

This argumentative essay defends a progressive-communitarian framework for government's role in society, applied to US healthcare policy with comparative

Government

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,596 words

Balancing Act: Why Society Must Temper Individual Freedom

This argumentative essay defends societal responsibility over individual freedom using communitarian philosophy, Berlin's liberty distinction

Philosophy

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 854 words

Clausewitz's Trinity: Why "the People" Matter Most

An argumentative essay examining Clausewitz's trinity of war and why "the people," driven by passion and irrational forces, are its most important element.

Theories

~5 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 659 words

Colin Powell for President: Leadership Strengths and Weaknesses

An argumentative analysis of Colin Powell's fitness for the U.S. presidency, weighing his military record, WMD speech controversy, and qualities needed in a statesman.

People

~4 min read

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