Critical Thinking by Richard L. Epstein & Alex Raffi (Illustrator)

Author:Richard L. Epstein & Alex Raffi (Illustrator) [Epstein, Richard L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780534580605
Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
Published: 2011-01-07T03:04:20.264000+00:00

232 COMPLEX ARGUMENTS

17. "Slug it out in the courts" is a dysphemism. He hasn't shown that the law is constitutionally questionable.

18. Another rhetorical question with a stupid comparison. My answer is

"Plenty." He's got to convince me that there's no difference. The old slippery slope again.

19. Vague and unproved. Can't be support for the conclusion, and it's not the conclusion, either. Does nothing.

It's a bad argument. Too many slanters, and there's really no support for the conclusion.

Very, very good. Only you need to expand on why it's a bad argument. What exactly are the claims that have any vaCue in getting the conclusion?

First, in 1 it's not a downplayer. It's a quote. It might also show that he doesn't believe the words have a clear meaning.

All that 2 elicits is "So?" We can't guess what the missing premise is that could save this support. He doesn't knock off 3 (perhaps 4 is intended to do that, sort of reducing to the absurd?). The support for 8 is a worthless slippery slope (9-15), plus one person's comments that we'd have to take to be exemplary of lots of people (there's a missing premise: "If one person said this on television, then lots of people believe it," which is very dubious). Number l6 is crucial, but he hasn't shown that 7 follows from it. That's the heart of the argument that he's left out (as you noted): He's got to show that this law really violates the fourth Amendment and, for 19, that it isn't a good trade-off of personal rights vs. society's rights. So there's really no support for his conclusion. That's why it's bad. The use of slanters is bad, but it doesn't make the argument bad. 'We can eliminate them and then see what's wrong. I'dgive 13+/A- for this. Incorporate this discussion inyour presentation to the class and you'll get an A.

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