Discuss a fallacy (as described in the text) that you have encountered at home, work, in text, or in the media. This could also be one that you committed. Explain why the reasoning is fallacious in the context it was used
describe a job which requires a professional accountant to complete. State a few of the job responsibilities that would be required to complete the job and any professional designations which may be useful (eg., Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) to name a few) for the position.
Explain and evaluate Fanon’s assumption that both the settlers and the natives (the colonizers and the colonized) live in a Manichean world. How, for Fanon, does this assumption provide a justification for violence on the part of the natives against the settlers? How would Gandhi’s analysis and arguments challenge both this assumption and Fanon’s advocacy of violence within the colonial context?
(2) “The means may be likened to the seed, the end to the tree; and there is just the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree….We reap exactly as we sow” (Gandhi, p. 117). “ …we will never have peace in the world until men recognize that ends are not cut off from means…ultimately you can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree” (M.L. King). Explain carefully and evaluate Gandhi and King’s means/ends argument for nonviolence. In your evaluation, consider how either Fanon or Malcolm X would respond to this argument.
(3) “The fact that there are so many men still alive in the world shows that it is not based on the force of arms but on the force of truth or love “ (Gandhi, p. 121). “Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and, as difficult as it is, we will still love you…we will so appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory” (M.L. King). Explain carefully and evaluate Gandhi and King’s analysis of the power of love as manifested in non-violent resistance. In your evaluation, consider how either Fanon or Malcolm X would respond to this analysis.
(4) In “The Ballot or the Bullet” Malcolm X claims that “you should never be non-violent unless you run into some nonviolence” (p. 149) and that “if you are going to die for what you believe in…let your dying be reciprocal” (p. 150). In his Oxford Union Debate speech, he claims that oppressed people “are justified to resort to any means necessary.” Explain and evaluate at least three arguments that he makes for these claims. In your evaluation, consider how either Gandhi or M.L. King would respond to these arguments.
(5) Do an analysis of either the film Gandhi or the film Selma. How does this film portray nonviolent resistance? To what extent (and how) does the film support the arguments of either Gandhi or King? Be specific and consider at least one of their arguments in relation to the film. How might either Fanon or Malcolm X respond to the film?
The Enlightenment was a period of thought in which reason was considered to be the most effective manner to solve society’s problems. Why would this generate a negative response from those in the church and government?
Select two critical Enlightenment thinkers whose ideas helped to change the nature of government in Europe or even in European colonies (think America!)
do lobbyists influence lawmakers?
What is the revolving door?
Should legislators have the right to profit from their relationships and experiences as a public servant after they retire?
Do you agree or disagree that former legislators lobbying their former colleagues is unethical? Why?
Should Texas enact laws to limit the ability of legislators to lobby? If so, what specific provision should Texas enact and why?
Would laws limiting the ability of legislators to lobby make government more respected and ethical
