Fluoridation Conspiracy

Fluoridation Conspiracy Order Description This essay will compose a piece of forensic (a.k.a. “judicial”) rhetoric, arguin" rel="nofollow">ing from evidence that an existin" rel="nofollow">ing popular conspiracy theory is true or false. You must do research, identifyin" rel="nofollow">ing the strongest arguments for your chosen theory, then offerin" rel="nofollow">ing counterarguments that either persuade you of the theory’s falsehood or fail to do so (meanin" rel="nofollow">ing that you fin" rel="nofollow">ind the theory believable). For this second essay, I would like you to adopt the academic style that you are probably already familiar with. You should not, then, present yourself as a partisan—that is, one who has chosen his/her party before the fact. Instead, you need to present yourself as a dispassionate observer, critical and careful in" rel="nofollow">in your thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing about this issue. In other words, the style is goin" rel="nofollow">ing to be more in" rel="nofollow">inclin" rel="nofollow">ined toward logos and much less toward pathos. Ethos must be established, but, as usual, this is best done subtly and implicitly. Again" rel="nofollow">in, as in" rel="nofollow">in Essay One, you will need to conduct research for this project. You will certain" rel="nofollow">inly fin" rel="nofollow">ind more evidence for your chosen theory than you can in" rel="nofollow">include in" rel="nofollow">in this short essay; hence, you will need to “sift” through it, selectin" rel="nofollow">ing the best proofs, the most convin" rel="nofollow">incin" rel="nofollow">ing evidence, for your paper. Do not construct a “strawman” argument (one that is weak, fragile, and thus easily destroyed). Instead, fin" rel="nofollow">ind the strongest evidence out there, and take it seriously in" rel="nofollow">in your writin" rel="nofollow">ing of the paper. If you use websites, try to identify those that are credible. This will be a challenge with a paper about conspiracy theories, a field that attracts the gullible. So try very hard to fin" rel="nofollow">ind those sources that present themselves as possessin" rel="nofollow">ing a strong, trustworthy ethos.