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Discussion :

Each response should be a minimum of 75 words, Read the arguments presented by your classmates, and analyze the reasoning that they have presented. Whether you agree with their position or not, help them to improve their arguments. Each response should be a minimum of 50 words.

Comment on the strength of the reasoning. Help your classmate out by pointing out any respect in which a reasonable person might disagree with the truth of their premises or with the strength of their reasoning. Give suggestions for how the argument might be improved.

1.: Does the use of social media tend to improve or harm relationships?

Improves relationships

Premise 1: Texting platforms enable quicker communication

Premise 2: Facebook Messenger is a texting platform

Conclusion: Therefore, Facebook Messenger enables quicker communication

A person with an opposing point of view might criticise the validity of Premise 1. Although the argument follows logical form and is a categorical argument, an opposing viewpoint might request more evidence to prove that texting platforms in fact do enable quicker communication. In this case, to strengthen the argument I might list the name of a research study where the stats and data demonstrated the premise to full effect.

Harms relationships

Premise 1: 90% of Twitter posts lead to some type of online argument

Premise 2: I am an avid user of Twitter

Conclusion: Therefore, I am highly likely to be involved in an online argument

A person with an opposing view point might find it difficult to criticize this argument. It follows the pattern of inductive reasoning so the claim is not presented as a definitive conclusion, but instead as a highly probably one.

However, the argument can still be strengthened further by including more evidence for the truth of the conclusion within the premise (Hardy, Foster and Postigo, 2015).

For example, Premise 2 could also include a stronger statistic such as ‘I am an avid user of Twitter, using it 7 days a week'.

This then strengthens the probability of the conclusion more so. In the journal article ‘The Concept of Inductive Evidence' by Wesley C. Salmon, the author writes that a promising probability concept is one which is supported by evidence (Salmon, 1965).guiterez

2. Topic

Topic

Is abortion morally acceptable when a woman's life is not in danger due to pregnancy?

Abortion is morally acceptable

Premise 1: The US Supreme Court has declared abortion to be a fundamental right guaranteed by the constitution (Roe vs. Wade)

Premise 2: Reproductive choice gives woman control over their own bodies.

Premise 3: A woman should not be forced to carry a child who is unwanted or has abnormalities to full term.

Conclusion: Therefore, abortion is morally acceptable when a woman's life is not in danger due to pregnancy.

A person with an opposing view may find it difficult to argue with this conclusion. With premise 2 they can say that woman have control over their bodies during the time in which they chose to engage in sexual activity. However, this can then be counter argued with the many circumstances including rape, under the influence, and age where a woman may not have had control which played a factor in her becoming pregnant.

This is why women deserve the right to have control over their reproductive systems as they may have not had control prior to them becoming pregnant.

To strengthen this premise I could add more evidence and research as the conclusion is still supported.

Abortion is NOT morally acceptable

Premise 1: Abortion is murder.

Premise 2: Unborn babies have a right to life.

Premise 3: Abortions reduce the number of adoptable babies.

Conclusion: Therefore, abortion is not morally acceptable when a woman's life is not in danger due to pregnancy.

A person with an opposing view may try to argue with Premise 1 in which states that abortion is murder. This is an opinionated statement that is not proven with supporting evidence. In order for abortion to be murder, fetuses have to be considered human beings in which they are not according to the US Census as they are not calculated into the numbers. Human beings are celebrated in age from the time they are born, not conceived.

Premise 3 can also be argued with by not having enough supporting evidence or research. If abortions have decreased the number of adoptable children then why is the system continuously flooded with children in need of families? More evidence is needed to validate the conclusion of this argument. keterson

3.Topic: Should a photo ID be required for voting?

Protects against voter fraud

Premise 1: Photo ID assures voter is who they say they are.

Premise 2: Providing an ID to vote is required for almost any major activity of importance in the United States

Conclusion: Therefore, providing a photo ID will not stop voters from voting, but will hinder fraud.

Someone opposed to the viewpoint might use premise 1, and attempt to show that identification fraud is very common and ID alone can be created or faked. I would then try and research means of which that local states are combating identification theft. With advancements in ID types and new forms.

Can be biased

premise 1: has been referred to cost of ID similar to a poll tax

Premise 2: was brought back in to spot light after being drawn in to the light after a minority democratic president won election

Conclusion: More likely to viewed as a way to prevent voters from opposite party from voting

Someone opposed to viewpoint might use premise 2 to argue that it is hard to show proof of intention without clearer or outright admission of guilt from parties involved. I would have to find clear cases that show what states in caparison to each with the demand for IDs have been shown to be using it as a bias to seek to prevent minorities from voting in elections they feel they will lose.mozden.