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

• Jonathan Safran Foer examines how beliefs about food are often cultural or instinctual rather than rational in "Let Them Eat Dog: A Modest Proposal for Tossing Fido in the Oven."




• In "Fitbits for Bosses," Lynn Stuart Parramore warns against a recent trend toward workplace biosurveillance.




• Sanjay Gupta argues for the legalization of medical marijuana—a position he once opposed—in "Why I Changed My Mind on Weed."

• An expanded vocabulary for critical thinking;




• Instruction on writing critical summaries;

• Guidance on how to confront unfamiliar issues with a critical eye;




• New reading strategies;




• Additional techniques for generating essay topics;




• New "Thinking Critically" activities throughout the text to prompt students to apply critical thinking, reading, and writing concepts in the book via interactive exercises.

• "Thinking Critically" activities that give students practice in constructing arguments, focusing on skills such as generating topics, drawing conclusions, varying tone, and establishing credibility




• Interactive exercises and tutorials for reading, writing, and research




• LearningCurve, adaptive, game-like practice that helps students focus on the topics where they need the most help, such as fallacies, claims, evidence, and other key elements of argument




• Reading comprehension quizzes

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