Analytical Essay

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I. Prompt

Choose one of the following topics. Read the source, answer (a) and (b) based by referring to the source and citing it. Explain the author’s view clearly and completely. Then answer part (c). When explaining your view, make sure to appeal to reasons that everyone can understand and accept. Do not merely state your own opinions or beliefs. Whether you state the views that hold in real life or not does not matter–just give me a persuasive and plausible answer.

  1. Mackie, J. L. (1955). Evil and omnipotence. Mind, 64(254), 200-212.

Retrieved from

http://www.ditext.com/mackie/evil.html

a. Explain what the argument from evil is.

b. John Mackie discusses a number of common objections to the argument from evil. Explain what one of them is, and explain why John Mackie thinks this objection is not successful.

c. Explain why you think John Mackie is right or why you think he is wrong about what he says in (b).

  1. Van Inwagen, Peter. (1988). The magnitude, duration, and distribution of evil: A theodicy. Philosophical Topics, 16(2), 161-187.

Retrieved from

http://andrewmbailey.com/pvi/Magnitude_Duration_Distribution.pdf

a. Explain Peter Van Inwagen’s theodicy.

b. Explain one of the objections to his theodicy that Peter Van Inwagen discusses, and explain how Peter Van Inwagen responds to this objection.

c. Explain why you think Peter Van Inwagen’s response in (b) is adequate or inadequate.

  1. James, William. (1917). The varieties of religious experience. New York: Longman, Green, and Co.

Retrieved from

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/621/621-h/621-h.html#toc23

a. Explain what William James says a mystical state of consciousness is.

b. Explain what William James says about whether mystical state of consciousness are authoritative over the person who has them andwhether someone should accept what another person says about his or her mystical state of consciousness uncritically. Explain why he thinks both of these things.

c. Explain why you think what William James says in (b) is right or why you think it is wrong.

4. Alston, William P. (1982). Religious experience and religious belief. Noûs,16, 3-12.

Available here:

Alston_Religious experience and religious belief.pdf

a. Explain in what way William Alston says religious experience provides justification for religious belief.

b. Explain why William Alston thinks that religious experience provides justification for religious belief in the way described in (a).

c. Explain why you think what William Alston says in (b) is right or why you think it is wrong.

II. Format

The body of your paper should be at least three pages and no longer than four pages (that is, not including your cover page or works cited page). Your paper should be typed in 12-point Times New Roman font with double spacing between lines, no extra spacing between paragraphs, and one-inch margins on left, right, top, and bottom.

III. Grading Rubric

Thesis (15%)

Exemplary: The paper contains a thesis statement which is clear, follows the prompt, and is the first sentence of the paper.

Proficient: The thesis statement does not follow the prompt or is unclear.

Satisfactory: The thesis statement neither follows the prompt nor is clear.

Basic: The thesis statement is not at the beginning of the paper.

Unsatisfactory: The paper contains no thesis statement.

Content (45%)

Part (a) (15%)

5 The answer is both clear and correct.

4 The answer is clear but not correct.

3 The answer is neither correct nor clear, but is still is not too far off.

2 The answer is way off.

1 No answer is given.

Part (b) (15%)

5 The answer is both clear and correct.

4 The answer is clear but not correct.

3 The answer is neither correct nor clear, but is still is not too far off.

2 The answer is way off.

1 No answer is given.

Part (c) (15%)

5 The answer is both clear and correct.

4 The answer is clear but not correct.

3 The answer is neither correct nor clear, but is still is not too far off.

2 The answer is way off.

1 No answer is given.

Support (20%)

Exemplary: Answers to (a) and (b) are supported by citations from Mackie’s “Evil and Omnipotence,” Van Inwagen’s “Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy,” James’s Varieties of Religious Experience, or Alston’s “Religious experience and religious belief.”

Proficient: A few statements in the answers to (a) and (b) are not supported by citations Mackie’s “Evil and Omnipotence,” Van Inwagen’s “Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy,” James’s Varieties of Religious Experience, or Alston’s “Religious experience and religious belief.”

Satisfactory: Several statements in the answers to (a) and (b) are not supported by citations from Mackie’s “Evil and Omnipotence,” Van Inwagen’s “Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy,” James’s Varieties of Religious Experience, or Alston’s “Religious experience and religious belief.”

Basic: Most statements in the answers to (a) and (b) are not supported by citations from Mackie’s “Evil and Omnipotence,” Van Inwagen’s “Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy,” James’s Varieties of Religious Experience, or Alston’s “Religious experience and religious belief.”

Unsatisfactory: No statements in the answers to (a) and (b) are supported by citations from Mackie’s “Evil and Omnipotence,” Van Inwagen’s “Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy,” James’s Varieties of Religious Experience, or Alston’s “Religious experience and religious belief.”

Spelling, grammar, and word choice (10%)

Exemplary: The paper contains no errors or only a few trivial errors.

Proficient: The paper is understandable but contains minor errors.

Satisfactory: The paper is understandable but contains multiple serious errors.

Basic: The errors make at least one sentence of the paper incomprehensible.

Unsatisfactory: The errors make more than one sentence of the paper incomprehensible.

In-text citations and Works Cited page (10%)

Exemplary: In-text citations and citations on the works cited page are in conformity with APA style.

Proficient: In-text citations and citations on the works cited page deviate from APA style in at least one way.

Satisfactory: In-text citations and citations on the works cited page deviate from APA style in at least two ways.

Basic: There are citations in the text but no works cited page, or there is a works cited page but there are no citations in the text.

Unsatisfactory: There are no citations in the text and there is no works cited page.

Problem 7-11 Child and Dependent Care Credit (LO 7.3) Clarita is a single taxpayer with two dependen

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Problem 7-11 Child and Dependent Care Credit (LO 7.3) Clarita is a single taxpayer with two dependent children, ages 10 and 12. Clarita pays $3,000 ($1,500 for each child) in qualified child care expenses during the yea year is $18,500. Complete Form 2441, Child and Dependent Care Expenses and determine Clarita's child care credit. Assume her tax liability is $1,200. If an amount is zero, enter “0”. Enter amounts as positive numbers. Form 2441 1044 OMB No. 1545-0074 Child and Dependent Care Expenses Attach to Form 1040 or Form 1040NR. Go to for instructions and the latest information. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (99) 1040NR 2441 Attachment Sequence No. 21 Name(s) shown on return Clarita Smalls Your social security number 456-23-6543 You cannot claim a credit for child and dependent care expenses if your filing status is married filing separately unless you meet the requirements listed in the instructions under “Married Persons Filing Separately.” If you meet these requirements, check this box. Part I | Persons or Organizations Who Provided the Care-You must complete this part. (If you have more than two care providers, see the instructions.) (a) Care provider's name (b) Address (number, street, apt. no., city, state, and ZIP code) (c) Identifying number (SSN or EIN) (d) Amount paid (see instructions) Happy Time Daycare 123 Twister Lane, Lexington, SC 56-7654321 No Yes Did you receive Complete only Part II below. dependent care benefits? Complete Part III on the back next. Caution. If the care was provided in your home, you may owe employment taxes. For details, see the instructions for Schedule 4 (Form 1040), line 60a; or Form 1040NR, line 59a. Part II Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses 2 Information about your qualifying person(s). If you have more than two qualifying persons, see the instructions. (a) Qualifying person's name (c) Qualified expenses you (b) Qualifying person's social incurred and paid in for the person security number First Last listed in column (a) Calvin Smalls 123-34-5678 Manny Smalls 567-99-1234 3 4 5 Add the amounts in column (c) of line 2. Don't enter more than $3,000 for one qualifying person or $6,000 for two or more persons. If you completed Part III, enter the amount from line 31… Enter your earned income. See instructions …… If married filing jointly, enter your spouse's earned income (if you or your spouse was a student or was disabled, see the instructions); all others, enter the amount from line 4 Enter the smallest of line 3, 4, or 5……. Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 7 or Form 1040NR, line 36… 6 7 8 Enter on line 8 the decimal amount shown below that applies to the amount on line 7 Decimal amount is Decimal amount is If line 7 is: But not Over over $0-15,000 15,000-17,000 17,000–19,000 19,000–21,000 21,000–23,000 23,000–25,000 If line 7 is: But not Over over $29,000–31,000 31,000—33,000 33,000—35,000 35,000–37,000 37,000–39,000 39,000-41,000 Decimal amount is If line 7 is: But not Over over Decimal amount is If line 7 is: But not Over over $0-15,000 15,000–17,000 17,000-19,000 19,000–21,000 21,000–23,000 23,000-25,000 25,000-27,000 27,000–29,000 $29,000—31,000 31,000-33,000 33,000–35,000 35,000-37,000 37,000–39,000 39,000-41,000 41,000-43,000 43,000-No limit | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ผู้ 9 Multiply line 6 by the decimal amount on line 8. If you paid expenses in, see the instructions… 10 Tax liability limit. Enter the amount from the Credit Limit Worksheet in the instructions …. Credit for child and dependent care expenses. Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 10 here and on Schedule 3 (Form 1040), line 49; or Form 1040NR, line 47 …… 11 For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions. Cat. No. 11862M Form 2441 0

Netermine the amount of cash paid to suppliers of merchandise for each of the nine independent situa

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Netermine the amount of cash paid to suppliers of merchandise for each of the nine independent situations below. All dollars are in millions. (Enter your answers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).) Situation Cost of Goods Situation sold Inventory Increase (Decrease) Accounts Pay Accounts Payable Increase (Decrease) Cash Paid to Suppliers 1.3 105.0 105.0 105.0 105.0 105.0 105.0 105.0 105.0 105.0 (7.3) 7.3 (7.3) (73) 7.3 (3.2) (3.2)

Brief Exercise 21A-15 Your answer is partially correct. Try again. LeBron James (LBJ) Corporation ag

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Brief Exercise 21A-15 Your answer is partially correct. Try again.

LeBron James (LBJ) Corporation agrees on January 1, 2017, to lease equipment from Cavaliers, Inc. for 3 years. The lease calls for annual lease payments of $16,000 at the beginning of each year. The lease does not transfer ownership, nor does it contain a bargain purchase option, and is not a specialized asset. In addition, the useful life of the equipment is 10 years, and the present value of the lease payments is less than 90% of the fair value of the equipment.

Prepare LBJ’s journal entries on January 1, 2017 (commencement of the operating lease), and on December 31, 2017. Assume the implicit rate used by the lessor is unknown, and LBJ’s incremental borrowing rate is 7%. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided and round final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)

Click here to view the factor table.

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

1/1/17

(To record lease liability)

1/1/17

(To record lease payment)

12/31/17

  

  

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There is part A,B,C,D, the methods are unit method, sales method, NRV, and constant growth. I know f

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There is part A,B,C,D, the methods are unit method, sales method, NRV, and constant growth.

I know for sure that we have to use NRV method. I am, however, unsure how to do the question. If you can try and clearly write it by hand, as clear as possible, and try and explain it. It would be greatly appreciated! I am not looking for JUST an answer, I am looking to understand!

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“A television station airs network programming between 9am and 10pm. As well, they broadcast programming of their choice between 10pm and 9am for $500 in additional costs per night. During the night slots they sell airtime to informercials:”

A television station airs netrwork programming between 9am and 10pm. As well, they broadcast pegraming of their choice between 10pm and 9am for $500 in additional costs.per night. During the So0 night slots they sell airtime to infomercials: Selling Price per hour of airtime Total timeslot Hours per Slot Times Timeslot airtime revenues (hrs x selling price) $450 $60 slot $150 $20 3 hours 3 hours 2 hours 10pm to lam lam to 4am Night Late Late night Pre-dawn Morning $2 $1 4am to 6am Note 1 Note1 3 hours 6am to 9am As well, instead of airing infomercials, the televisions station can instead choose to buy the rights to broadcast classic movies and sell advertising time during the commercial breaks. The eest to buy the rights to a classic movie is $20/hour. Advertising during a classic movie can generate the following revenues per timeslot: Night slot $2,000, Late Late slot $680, Pre-dawn slot $45, and Morning slot S495. For example, during the Night slot, they can either sell airtime to an informercial for $450 or they can buy the rights to run a classic movie for $60 (3 hours x $20/hour) and sell advertising during the commercial breaks for $2,000. (Notell1: The price for selling morning airtime to infomercials is unknown. Management is not interested in running infomercials during this timeslot because they would instead prefer to air children's classic movies) Required A. Name the possible method(s) to allocate the $500 nightly broadcasting costs, as discussed in class and in the Horngren textbook, (1 mark) Methad CAUnit nthod Sales Method NRVtho CConstantBrou-th nethed ORV B.Based on your response in Part A, identify which method(s) is(are) not possible to use in this situation. (1 mark) Not methods 1, or 2 enky NRV utop ont produt Gse methad& C.The Pre-dawn time-slot generates minimal revenues. Briefly explain how and why you may want to treat this time slot differently than other time slots when considering how to allocate the $500 broadcasting costs. t s r hour lots Cle mark) Proc D. Allocate the $500 broadcasting costs based on the most appropriate method. Marks for this question are based on your choice of method used to allocated costs and consideration for treating any of the time slots differently than other time slots as identified in part C (5 marks).

The Ivanhoe Acres Inn is trying to determine its break-even point during its off-peak season. The in

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The Ivanhoe Acres Inn is trying to determine its break-even point during its off-peak season. The inn has 50 rooms that it rents at $56 a night. Operating costs are as follows: Salaries $5,300 per month Utilities $1,300 per month $1,100 per month Depreciation Maintenance $3,892 per month Maid service $10 per room Other costs $18 per room Determine the inn's break-even point in number of rented rooms per month. Break-even point rooms LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT VIDEO: SIMILAR EXERCISE Determine the inn's break-even point in dollars. Break-even point in $4

may i please have help with this question? ACCO Name: Class Time: Homework Company 1/1/2018 12/31/20

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may i please have help with this question? ACCO Name: Class Time: Homework Company 1/1/2018 12/31/2018 1/1/2018 12/31/2018 10,500 $ ASSETS Current Assets Cash Accounts Receivable Inventory PPD Insurance Total Current Assets 6,650 13,500 6,000 440 30,440 14,600 9,300 8,600 550 33,050 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current Liabilities Accounts Payable 5,100 $ Other Payables 4,400 Interest Payable 580 Total Current Liabilities 10,080 Notes Payable 41.000 Total Liabilities 51,080 2,590 750 9.990 47.000 56,990 17,600 Noncurrent Assets Land Buildings & Equipment Build & Equip – Accum. Depn. Total Noncurrent Assets TOTAL ASSETS 14,000 180,000 (22,000) 172,000 202,440 $ (34,000 208,600 241,650 Common Stock Retained Earnings Total Equity TOTAL LIAB. AND EQUITY 128,000 158,000 23,360 26,660 151,360 184,660 202,440 $ 241.650 $ $ 85,000 (47.000 38,000 Other Information Loss on sale of Land $2,500. Original cost $8,500. No sales of Buildings and Equipment during period. No payments of Notes Payable. Sales Cost of Goods Sold Gross Margin Operating Expenses Depreciation Insurance Expense Other Operating Expenses Operating Income (12,000) (1,900) (11,500) 12,600 Interest Expense Loss on Land Sale Net Income (2,800) (2,500) 7,300 $ Required: Prepare a direct method cash flow statement based on the information above. Include a supplemental schedule of NI to CFO. Use the space below for any calculations. Put the cash flow statement, in proper format, on the back of this page.

At the beginning of the year, Young Company bought three used machines from Vince, Inc. The machines

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At the beginning of the year, Young Company bought three used machines from Vince, Inc. The machines immediately were overhauled, were installed, and started operating. Because the machines were different, each was recorded separately in the accounts. By the end of the first year, each machine had been operating 7,000 hours. Required: 1. Compute the cost of each machine. Explain the rationale for capitalizing or expensing the various costs. 2. Give the journal entry to record depreciation expense at the end of year 1, assuming the following:
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At the beginning of the year Young Company bought three

A company makes the following journal entries after preparing a bank…

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A company makes the following journal entries after preparing a bank reconciliation: Required Explain the likely circumstance behind each of the entries. View Solution:
A company makes the following journal entries after preparing a

To what extent is Wal-Mart’s financial health affected by fiscal and monetary policy? Provide at lea

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To what extent is Wal-Mart’s financial health affected by fiscal and monetary policy? Provide at least one specific example to back this claim.