Ward Churchill's Arguments

An argument is a claim supported by reasons and pieces of evidence. Arguments have five primary attributes. Firstly, argumentation is a social process which involves two or more parties responding to one another’s proposal or claim. For the case of a written argument, the writer responds to the content of the essay through a critique process. The responses should not only involve restating the same claims and reasons but rather providing supportive pieces of evidence to the positions taken accordingly. Secondly, the aim of an argument is to make the audience adhere to the written critique. The objective is to influence the audience with the aim of gaining support to

In Crimes Against Humanity (1993) by Ward Churchill the author’s purpose is to persuade society to make others see that the reasons for the sport’s team’s names are offensive, stereotypical, and nonsense. Crimes Against Humanity is about how Churchill perceives certain things on certain arguments. Crimes Against Humanity touches on the subject about native names, symbols, and images and how they are used incorrectly.

Everywhere and anywhere we find ourselves, we are surrounded by rhetoric and persuasive communication. Often in times of strife, struggle, war, and for the sake of social justice, many a famed person has spoken up, creating a dialogue which is remembered throughout history. The speakers petition their audience, stepping up to the podium and giving a rousing speech. Great speeches typically include pathos, ethos, and logos; the Greek philosopher, Aristotle, introduced these three terms to rhetoric. One speech in particular which exhibits the three classical appeals pathos, ethos, and logos is the famed wartime speech “Their Finest Hour,” given by Winston Churchill.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on November 30 1874 and died on 24 January, 1965. He was the son of politician Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome (an American). He was a direct descendant of the first Duke of Marlborough. Physically he was a small man at 5 feet tall. Churchill attended Harrow and Sandhurst. When his father died in 1895, Churchill was commissioned in the fourth hussars. He later obtained a leave and worked during the Cuban war as a reporter for the London Daily Graphic.

Not only is this an appeal to authority, but it is also logically false. History has judged Churchill well but that is based off several subjects, and not on a single opinion. Also, there are numerous examples of propaganda used in this piece. Mainly, the author uses the appeal to fear. The strengths of the piece include the abundance of background information, the discussion of different opinions, and the discussion of solutions. The weaknesses of the piece include the presence of propaganda and misleading or false information. There are no elements which I feel are not addressed, and my view on a national missile defense has grown stronger against after reading this

As history unfolded, the Dardanelles offensive failed, but the ground invasion plans for Gallipoli went ahead as planned. By the end of the campaign, massive amounts of lives had been lost on the British side, and it was a decisive failure. Dardanelles and Gallipoli were very much a prime example of something Churchill would do over and over again: see positives, but not negatives or consequences, only possibilities. These campaigns were the end of Churchill politically for a time, along with the Asquith government. Asquith was forced to form a wartime coalition government with the Conservatives, who demanded the resignation of Churchill. While Churchill became a scapegoat for the failure, while he did play some part in it, everyone had seem to forgotten the roles of Asquith, Kitchener, and everyone else involved in the planning of this military disaster.

The history of the world consists of important events which have been shaped by the will of the government's leaders. When put in a position of leadership, one individual is literally granted the power the change the world around him or her. Great leaders are those individuals who can take power without abusing it and instead utilize their influence to better the lives of those that look to them for guidance (Northouse 2010, page 7). In times of war, the leaders of opposing factions have two responsibilities: finding strategies which will allow them to defeat their enemies and fulfill their geopolitical goals, and also to inspire the people to fight against the enemy and to believe in the ideal that one day the strife will be over. During the Second World War, people in England were being daily affected by the German government and its soldiers. Before, during, and after the war, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was heralded as a leader beyond most other leaders. His legacy has inspired generations, even decades after his passing. In 2002, a survey of British citizens voted Winston Churchill as "The Greatest Briton of all time" (Great 2006). At a time when the nation was at its lowest point and the people were depressed and perhaps even willing to become part of the new German empire just to end the violence and bloodshed, Churchill picked them up and encouraged people to continue fighting both at home and abroad.

Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are the great Gothic writers of the 19th century. Gothic in the 19th century was considered gritty, grim and barbarous, depending on the author you come across. It is what brought the unconscious mind, also known as altered states, to the surface. The unconscious mind being, the fear you don’t seek. Most of the time, in your dreams—or what you think to be your dreams. The unconscious mind shows you that with great hope, also comes great fear. It makes you think about the darkness you fear and creates it into your Gothic, which is why it scares you. Poe and Hawthorne both made Gothic their own versions of their fears and they did it well.

George Knightley is very good at assessing the characters of other people and so the reader is inclined to trust his judgement on Frank Churchill. Throughout the novel Frank displays some faults which would make him appear to be the villain towards the end of the novel. His behaviour towards some people has been awful, particularly in the case of Jane who he had constantly teased and tormented when he said he was in love with her.

Sir Winston Churchill, a British politician from 1800’s says “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” Throughout my few years of living, I have learned that everybody is going to fail at something at least once. It is up to you to take all of your failures and turn them into success. It’s not going to only take one day but everyone is destined to be successful.

The first chapter introduced the reader to the art of rhetoric. He describes how rhetoric works through real life examples. He demonstrates ways that rhetoric persuades us like, argument from strength, and seduction. He tells the reader that the sole purpose of arguing is to persuade the audience. He showed that the chief purpose of arguing is to also achieve consensus, a shared faith in a choice.

One of the highlighted reasons for the failure of the Luftwaffe is the highly inadequate structure of High Command. There was a stark difference between the two forces, where Churchill had a well balanced and informed political leadership, surrounded with a team of political and military advisers, Hitler, on the other hand, was both Head of State and Head of the Armed Forces1. The implications of this was that there was no balancing force in the German decision making process. Hitler also surrounded himself with sycophants, for example, Hermann Goering, the Chief of the Luftwaffe who had a "trembling fear of Hitler" and others who were unlikely to question his views. This autocratic style of leadership meant that Hitler was able to overrule

According to what I could understand Emotivism people would analyze this situation taking into account their feelings and emotions, and their feelings are what really push them to take their decisions. Therefore, I consider that emotivism people would not switch the track to save more lives. However, they would also try to seek how to alert the people who are in the both lanes of the train. Additionally, they do not push the fat man to stop the train.

It is difficult to examine leadership as a concept without mentioning Winston Churchill. He was at once a brilliant, petty and compassionate man. He is lauded in many texts as one of the greatest leaders of all times for his actions during World War II, and he received awards as the most recognizable person and greatest leader in the twentieth century. The qualities of leadership he displayed though can be widely debated because he was one thing before the public and another to the people closest to him. There is no doubt that without the redoubtable courage of Winston Churchill Strongly leading the charge, Britain, and maybe the world, would not have survived the chaos of World War II. But, he also did do some amount of harm because of his blind self-confidence. The research paper is about the leadership of Churchill, and it looks specifically at his background, capabilities, and then gives conclusions based on his life that give clues as to what leadership actually is.

“Great men are never good men.” To be great is to be considerably above average in terms of ability, quality or eminence. To the British, Sir Winston Churchill was indeed a great leader, and he is most well known for rallying and leading the British during the Second World during his term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, inspiring them with a belief in their victory and justice of their cause. However, not all of his actions were “ethically sound”, or morally good or correct, possessing and displaying moral virtue, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary. Even though his intentions were for the good of his people and country, the actions that Churchill took in trying to reach his final goal were not always ethically sound. Therefore, I agree with the quote and in this essay I will be evaluating the extent to which some of his decisions and actions were ethical or not.