Abortion is murder, because murder is intentionally killing an innocent person. Therefore, abortion is wrong.
Question:
- Abortion is murder, because murder is intentionally killing an innocent person. Therefore,
abortion is wrong.
Explicit premises:
Implicit premises:
- The rate of drowning increases with the rate of ice cream eating. Therefore, ice cream eating leads to drowning.
Explicit premises:
Implicit premises:
Determine whether the conclusion follows from the premises:
- No cats are pleasant creatures. This is a mouse. Since it is not a cat, it is a pleasant creature.
Determine whether the argument is sound or unsound. Then determine whether each argument is valid or invalid.
- All cats are feral. Tabitha is a cat. Tabitha is feral.
Show that the argument is invalid.
- Using the Counterexample Method, show that the argument’s conclusion does not follow:
“If I score an A on the test, then I will pass the class.” “I passed the class!” “Therefore I scored an A on the test.”
Identify both the explicit and implicit premises of the argument presented. Assess whether the premises of the argument presented should be accepted or rejected.
- Killing people is always wrong. Euthanasia is an example of one person killing another. Therefore, it is clear that euthanasia is wrong, and should continue to be illegal.
