Period 1 thesis statements by Lori Sweeney https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr 2013 Argumentative Prompt en-us 2017-02-13 21:27:47 UTC 2017-02-14 13:59:32 UTC hello@padlet.com tyler_lachney https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153698737 Although Plato argues that owning objects is deleterious to a person’s character, ownership does help to develop moral character and can extend beyond tangible objects.]]> 2017-02-14 13:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153698737 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153698850 While ownership can develop character, materialism is destructive of character; owning things can both create and corrupt a sense of self.

]]> 2017-02-14 13:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153698850 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153698970 Although ownership is thought to adversely affect a person's character according to philosophers like Plato, Aristotle insists that ownership can help to develop character and a sense of self.]]> 2017-02-14 13:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153698970 Although Plato argues that owning objects has unfavorable consequences to ones morality, the opposite is true because it teaches self control, responsibility and helps to build ones character. https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699209 2017-02-14 13:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699209 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699282 Although Plato argues that owning objects is a necessity to a person’s character, ownership does help to morph moral character.]]> 2017-02-14 13:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699282 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699289 Although philosophers differ in opinion about what it truly means to be own something, one could claim that the correlation between identity and ownership varies, depending on one's mentality towards materialistic possessions.  ]]> 2017-02-14 13:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699289 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699412 although plato argues that owning objects could be harmful to the persons character, ownership does assist in developing moral character.

]]> 2017-02-14 13:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699412 Although many disdain the idea of owning something, it does not make one materialistic, but rather builds upon the ideas of preference and uniqueness that make us quite different from another. https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699472 2017-02-14 13:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699472 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699548 Although it is argued by Plato that ownership of an object can be adverse to ones character, it also helps the building of the sense of ones self.]]> 2017-02-14 13:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699548 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699592 Although Plato argues that owning objects is destructive to a person's character, the valued ownership of items shows a healthy survival instinct, as long as the ownership does not become the person's identity.]]> 2017-02-14 13:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699592 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699837 Even though Plato argues that owning objects is hurtful to a person’s perception, ownership helps to develop a person 
 by creating self control and responsibility
]]> 2017-02-14 13:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699837 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699965 although pluto argues that owning objects is harmful to a persons character, character is not always effected by owning an object.]]> 2017-02-14 13:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153699965 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153700005 Although philosophers, such as Plato, believe that owning objects can impact character, ownership does not convey any sort of communication of a person's character negatively nor positively.]]> 2017-02-14 13:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153700005 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153700198 Although some people like Plato believe it would better suit humanity to take away property from individuals because of a supposed deleterious effect it has on them, the opposite in fact is true because ownership teaches responsibility/independence and historically the loss of it has led to some bad governments and situations in which citizens actually contracted these harmful characteristics to the society and themselves.]]> 2017-02-14 13:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153700198 https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153700783 Despite the argument that a sense of self is derived from what one owns, the identity of someone does not depend on the tangible things one ones, but only the ideas one owns.]]> 2017-02-14 13:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lorisweeney75/7ulxzf8daebr/wish/153700783