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After carefully reading the lecture on deduction:

Make a reliable categorized list of syllogism on a contemporary moral or social issue.

A categorical syllogism has two premises and a conclusion. All three statements must be categorical propositions (containing a quantifier. class term, copula, and another class term)

There are four types of categorical propositions. All S are P, No S are P, Some S are P, and Some S are not P

For example, All dogs are mammals- all is the quantifier, dogs is a class term, are is the copula, and mammals is another class term.

A categorical syllogism has three terms (these terms refer to classes) the subject term (or minor term) , the predicate term (or major term), and the middle term.

The first premise contains the predicate term and the middle term; the second premise contains the subject term and the middle term, and the conclusion contains the

subject term and the predicate term. Here is an example:

No life-saving procedures are immoral procedures

Some abortions are lifesaving procedures

Therefore, some abortions are not immoral procedures

In this syllogism, the subject term is abortions, the predicate term is immoral procedures, and the middle term is lifesaving procedures.

Construct a Venn diagram to make sure your syllogism is valid