How can you treat the subject of an essay objectively while still trying to persuade readers of your point ?

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Yahoo! Answers - I am writing a persuasive essay topic on employee privacy rights in the workplace for a college class?

If you are writing a persuasive essay, it is by its nature not objective. However, if your assignment is to write a persuasive essay, your professor should not expect it to be objective.