Instructions: To begin thinking about how definitions can drive arguments, consider the following definitions, then respond to the questions in the forum.
Financial security can be defined in various ways, depending on the person doing the defining. Here are two examples:
1. Financial security is having a job at a solid company and making the maximum retirement contributions.
2. Financial security is being debt-free and not forced to work a job you don’t like in order to pay incoming bills.
List the ways in which these two definitions are similar and different. What assumptions does each definition rest on?
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Causal Arguments
B- A broad range of researchers in psychology and sociology have studied happiness and its pursuit. Watch the Ted Talk on Happiness and identify the causes and effects the author identifies. After viewing the video, state your opinion arguing for the causes that you think are most important for a fulfilled, happy life. Narrow down your opinion/argument in one sentence and think about two supporting details that would help you argue for your claim.
Instructions: Write your opinion/argument with two supporting details on this topic.
1.identify the causes and effects. What are the causes of happiness?
2. Write your response by stating your claim/opinion.
A. Supporting detail
B. Supporting detail
Follow the link to the Ted Talk web-page for the transcript
Follow the link to the Ted Talk web-page for the transcript
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