Sometimes arguments have unstated (hidden) assumptions. Sometimes arguments have an unstated conclusion. Sometimes arg...
Sometimes arguments have unstated (hidden) assumptions. Sometimes arguments have an unstated conclusion. Sometimes arguments have unstated assumptions and an unstated conclusion. If someone says “Abortion is killing the innocent.” they probably mean it to persuade you of something – i.e. as an argument – but what argument? (Pick the best candidate)
1. Abortion is wrong. Abortion is killing the innocent. Therefore killing the innocent is wrong.
2. Human embryos are innocent. Abortion is killing the innocent. Therefore abortion is wrong.
3. Abortion is killing the innocent. Therefore killing the innocent is wrong.
4. Killing the innocent is wrong. Abortion is killing the innocent. Therefore abortion is wrong.
5. Abortion is wrong. Therefore abortion is killing the innocent.
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4. Killing the innocent is wrong. Abortion is killing the innocent. Therefore abortion is wrong.
explaining the relation between abortion and killing a innocent and thus stating that if one is wrong similar thing should be wrong too.
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Paul Krugman
In 1970, only 5% of U.S. workers had been born abroad. By 2016,
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