Current issues and enduring questions
Subtitle: a guide to critical thinking and argument, with readings
By: [edited by] Sylvan Barnet, professor of philosophy, Tufts University, Hugo Bedau, professor of philosophy, Tufts University
Edition: Tenth edition.
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martins
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 824
ISBN-13: 9781457622601; 9781457649981
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Religion; Reasoning; Social ethics; Logic
Description: Extensive resource for argument, persuasive writing, and rigorous critical thinking.
Notes: "With integrated media"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Critical thinking; title: Critical reading: getting started; title: Critical reading: getting deeper into arguments; title: Visual rhetoric: images as arguments; title: Writing an analysis of an argument; title: Developing an argument of your own; title: Using sources; title: A philosopher's view : the Toulmin model; title: A logician's view : deduction, induction, fallacies; title: A psychologist's view : Rogerian argument; title: A rhetorician's view : rhetorical analysis of nontraditional texts; title: A debater's view: individual oral presentations and debate; title: Student loans : should some indebtedness be forgiven?; title: Are integrated devices safer than using handheld devices while driving?; title: The local food movement : is it a better way to eat?; title: The death penalty : is it ever justified?; title: Genetic modification of human beings : is it acceptable?; title: College education : what is its purpose?; title: Hydraulic fracturing : is fracking worth the environmental cost?; title: Drugs : should their sale and use be legalized?; title: Junk food : should the government regulate our intake?; title: Facebook : how has social networking changed how we relate to others?; title: Immigration: what is to be done?; title: Service : should the United States require young people to perform public service?; title: What is the ideal society?; title: How free is the will of the individual within society?; title: What is happiness?