pornography. The arguer reports back an irrelevant thesis that the Senator is in favour of complete governmental censorship of books‚ magazines and films. 6. Challenge the fallacy. (4 Marks) Explain what is wrong with using this pattern of reasoning with reference to any violations of the 3 criteria for a good argument . State which criteria for a good argument the fallacy violates. Explain what it means to violate that criteria for a good argument (relevancy‚ sufficiency‚ acceptability)
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MORAL REASONING Short Essay: Moral reasoning is individual or collective practical reasoning about what‚ morally‚ one ought to do. For present purpose‚ we may understand issues about what is right or wrong‚ virtuous or vicious‚ as raising moral question. When we are faced with moral questions in daily life‚ just as when we are faced with child-rearing questions‚ sometimes we act impulsively or instinctively and sometimes we pause to reason about what we ought to do. Much of our reasoning comes
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(IMT‚HYD)‚ 2015 9 -6 1 0 -0 5 0 REV: DECEMBER 2‚ 2011 SANDRA J. SUCHER NIEN-HÊ HSIEH A Framework for Ethical Reasoning Introduction This note will present a practical framework for ethical reasoning‚ in other words‚ a set of questions to help you assess the ethical implications of a course of action. While many of us believe that we approach such assessments with all of our reasoning powers at the ready‚ we actually first come to moral judgments with instinct and emotion – a nearly instantaneous
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Lindsey Lane October 21‚ 2012 The Importance of Deductive Reasoning Critical Thinking Kevin White It is important to understand what is known prior to making a decision because the decision could be either wrong or right. Making decisions at times can be a hard thing to do. There are many pros and cons for decision making. In argument five To Cheat or Not to Cheat Jenna has a big decision to make. She has to decide whether or not she wants to continue her class by being honest or to
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In this article we will identify differences in assumptions and conclusions for the following three contributions: “The concept of corporate strategy” By Kenneth Andrews. “The mind of the strategist” By Kenichi Ohmae. “Decision making: It’s not what you think” By H. Mintzberg en F. Westley. “The concept of corporate strategy” By Kenneth Andrews. Corporate strategy is the pattern of decisions in a company that determines and reveals its objectives‚ purposes‚ or goals‚ produces the principal
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Analyzing a News Article Using the Elements of Reasoning The following article http://abcnews.go.com/US/amber-alert-sharp-eyed-citizen-save-missing-girl/story?id=11807128&page=1 was about how a young girl was rescued from her kidnapper by an ordinary citizen. My purpose for choosing and reading this article was to find out how this occurred. As far as questions that are brought up by this article are how did this man know to stop this particular truck? How did he accomplish that? Why was the
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Ethical Reasoning In ethical reasoning‚ the Trolley Problem is an excellent example of what most people find to be ethical and unethical. Unfortunately‚ there is really no right answer. However‚ the most common answers to the two Trolley Scenarios are: it is ethical to pull the lever‚ but it is unethical to push the very large person. In the scenario of having to pull the level and kill one person verses killing five people‚ most people’s reaction is to pull the level. This was also my reaction
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However‚ just because we can think critically it doesn’t mean that we always do it well. Module of “Critical Reasoning” helped me to understand of what is meant by critical thinking and to develop my own reasoning skills. As critical thinking is an activity‚ our class lessons were enriched with practical work in order to be easy understandable by students. Assignment on “Critical Reasoning” module contains an Analysis on Business Environment of Kosovo. Critical Analysis on Business Environment
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1. Introduction Moral reasoning is defined as “individual or collective practical reasoning about what‚ morally‚ one ought to do”. The theory introduces two moral principles: consequentialist principle‚ which determines an act’s morality by its consequences‚ and categorical principle‚ which assesses an act by looking at its certain duties and rights despite the outcomes. To some extent‚ these two principles seem to contradict each other‚ which may become obstacles for achieving reasonable actions
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DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE GRAMMAR TEACHING By Arnis Silvia (arnis.silvia@gmail.com) I. Introduction: What is Grammar Teaching and Why? In traditional setting‚ grammar teaching is seen as the presentation and practice of discrete grammatical structures. More comprehensively‚ Ellis1 (2006) defines grammar teaching as: Grammar teaching involves any instructional technique that draws learners ’ attention to some specific grammatical form in such a way that it helps them either to understand it
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