Contributor
Barnet, Sylvan.
Edition Statement:9th edition.
Imprint:Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2011.
Descriptionxxxviii, 1031 ; 23 cm.
Note:Part One: Critical thinking and reading. 1. Critical thinking ; 2. Critical reading: getting started ; 3. Critical reading: getting deeper into arguments ; 4. Visual rhetoric: images as arguments -- Part Two: Critical writing. 5. Writing an analysis of an argument ; 6. Developing an argument of your own ; 7. Using sources -- Part Three: Further views on argument. 8. A philosopher's view: the Toulmin model ; 9. A logician's view: deduction, induction, fallacies ; 10. A moralist's view: ways of thinking ethically ; 11. A lawyer's view: steps toward civic literacy ; 12. A psychologist's view: Rogerian argument ; 13. A literary critic's view: arguing about literature ; 14. A debater's view: individual oral presentations and debate -- Part Four: Current issues: Occasions for debate. 15. The Equal Rights Amendment: Is it still needed? ; 16. Genetic modification of human beings: Is it acceptable? ; 17. Obesity: Who is responsible for our weight? ; 18. Racial profiling: Should airports use it to screen passengers? ; 19. Romantic relationships between faculty and students: Should colleges prohibit them? ; 20. Single-sex classrooms: do they offer advantages? -- Part Five: Current issues: Casebooks. 21. College education: what is its purpose? ; 22. The death penalty: is it ever justified? ; 23. Drugs: should their sale and use be legalized? ; 24. Going green: what must be done? ; 25. Immigration: what is to be done? ; 26. Sexual harassment: is there any doubt about what it is? ; 27. Marriage: what is its future? ; 28. Reproductive rights: what are the limits? ; 29. Service: a duty? A benefit? Or both, or perhaps neither? ; 30. Testing: What value do tests have? ; 31. Torture: is it ever justifiable? -- Part Six: Enduring questions: Essays, a story, poems, and a play. 32. What is the ideal society? ; 33. How free is the will of the individual within society? ; 34. What is happiness?
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
