And if we grant that she is "technically" alive, is hers a life worth continuing?
If we grant an exemption, it would virtually open the door wide".
But even if we grant his argument that photography is "simple," we surely cannot second his other claims.
This means that if we grant amnesty to all illegal immigrants in the United States, it could also include those who wish to do us harm.
If we grant Russell's words a merely provisional validity, we can ask: What is a verse petition if not fallacious eloquence?
Even if we grant that prudence in the cause of security justifies collective punishment, HR 158 does not punish either Pakistani or Saudis dual nationals.
Even if we grant the president's analysis of bin Ladenism, does this mean that we must tolerate the breathtaking incompetence his administration has shown in responding to it?
But if we grant him these good intentions, then the fact that all these projects have failed to yield results is all the more relevant.
Even if we grant the mistaken premise that the Iraq war would make the whole world safer from terrorism, why should America pay so much blood and treasure?
If we grant the government too much power to punish those who disseminate information, then we risk too great a sacrifice of public deliberation; if we grant the government too little power to control confidentiality at the source, then we risk too great a sacrifice of secrecy.
The worry gets raised by Cebes who says, even if we grant that the soul is nearly indestructible, that's not good enough to get us immortality.
