Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument, with Readings, Tenth Edition

The unique collaborative effort of a professor of English and a professor of philosophy, __Current Issues and Enduring Questions__ is an extensive resource for teaching argument, persuasive writing, and rigorous critical thinking. This extraordinarily versatile text and reader continues to address current student interests and trends in argument, research, and writing.Its comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argument includes Aristotelian, Toulmin, and a range of alternative views, including a new chapter on analyzing and writing about arguments in popular culture. Readings on contemporary controversies (including student loan debt, locavorism, and the boundaries of online privacy) and classical philosophical questions (such as How free is the will of the individual?) are sure to spark student interest and lively discussion and writing, and new e-Pages take advantage of what the Web can do by including videos, speeches, film trailers, and other multimodal arguments. PACKAGE THIS TITLE WITH OUR 2016 MLA SUPPLEMENT, Documenting Sources in MLA Style (package ISBN-13: 9781319084387). Get the most recent updates on MLA citation in a convenient, 40-page resource based on The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, with plenty of models. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages, or to request a custom ISBN. The unique collaborative effort of a professor of English and a professor of philosophy, Current Issues and Enduring Questions is an extensive resource for teaching argument, persuasive writing, and rigorous critical thinking. This extraordinarily versatile text and reader continues to address current student interests and trends in argument, research, and writing.Its comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argument includes Aristotelian, Toulmin, and a range of alternative views, including a new chapter on analyzing and writing about arguments in popular culture. Readings on contemporary controversies (including student loan debt, locavorism, and the boundaries of online privacy) and classical philosophical questions (such as How free is the will of the individual?) are sure to spark student interest and lively discussion and writing, and new e-Pages take advantage of what the Web can do by including videos, speeches, film trailers, and other multimodal arguments. Critical thinking Critical reading: getting started Critical reading: getting deeper into arguments Visual rhetoric: images as arguments Writing an analysis of an argument Developing an argument of your own Using sources A philosopher's view : the Toulmin model A logician's view : deduction, induction, fallacies A psychologist's view : Rogerian argument A rhetorician's view : rhetorical analysis of nontraditional texts A debater's view: individual oral presentations and debate Student loans : should some indebtedness be forgiven? Are integrated devices safer than using handheld devices while driving? The local food movement : is it a better way to eat? The death penalty : is it ever justified? Genetic modification of human beings : is it acceptable? College education : what is its purpose? Hydraulic fracturing : is fracking worth the environmental cost? Drugs : should their sale and use be legalized? Junk food : should the government regulate our intake? Facebook : how has social networking changed how we relate to others? Immigration: what is to be done? Service : should the United States require young people to perform public service? What is the ideal society? How free is the will of the individual within society? What is happiness?