Do you think the premise of singer s argument is sufficient to decide whether or
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The statement expressed by the above sentence may be used in an argument, either as premise or conclusion. It is however, only one statement. An argument must consist of at least two statements, a conclusion and at least one premise. Exercise 2.3 Determine whether the passage expresses an argument. If it does express an argument,
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of poverty-related causes. Singer’s argument is something like this: Singer’s Argument by Analogy for Famine Relief 1. Not saving the child in the Shallow Pond case is seriously morally wrong. 2. But, failing to donate to famine relief to save children who are dying due to starvation is morally analogous to not saving the drowning child. 3.
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Singer’s Argument: In his 1972 paper, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” Peter Singer argues: 1. Shallow Pond is wrong 2. The best explanation of 1 is the following principle: If we can prevent something bad from happening without sacrificing anything of comparable significance, it would be wrong of us not to do it. 3.
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strategem for relieving poverty, and that those who follow Singer's arguments are simply adopting “the ethic of anyone who believes that he can buy, with a mixture of guilt and cash, an exemption from the responsibility to focus his intellect.” (Roentsch 2002). Singer's argument also appears to assign equal value to all human lives, which ...
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15. Why does Singer think the fact people don’t believe a moral conclusion isn’t evidence that the conclusion is true? What do you think? 16. St. Thomas makes an appearance on p239. Why does Singer think this quote supports his position? 17. At the end of p240, Singer returns to the two versions of his second premise: a strong and a ...
[PDF File]1. Argument, Proposition, Premise, Conclusion - David Agler
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whether an argument is valid or invalid, start by assuming that all of the premises are true. If you cannot, then the argument is valid. If you can, then we must consider another step. Given this assumption consider whether it is possible for the conclusion to be false. If it is, then the argument is invalid. If not, then the argument is valid.
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argument, although not especially insightful or surprising, is well organized and adequate to the task. This sufficient development of content, in combination with clear, understandable prose, earned the essay a score of 6. Sample: 3C Score: 3 The opening two sentences of this essay, although attention-getting, have little to offer in terms of
[PDF File]On Clifford’s Argument - Ted Sider
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Next I will evaluate the argument. The argument is logically valid, and so if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true as well. But I do not think that either premise is true. Clifford’s case for the second premise is particularly weak. He does not give a reason for
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not be said to be true or false. That is because when I say “hello,” I do not make a claim about how the world is: I do not represent things as being thus or so. 4 . Nonpropositions can be further subdivided into . questions (10, 12), commands (8, 11), exclamations (7, 9), and so on. For our purposes these
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Singer’s Argument in Outline Singer [s argument for utilitarianism is brief. He begins with the claim that to live ethically is to live according to standards of some kind. The standards need not be judged right by others but must be judged right by the individual holding them. People live according to ethical standards, if they can give ...
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Use the following general questions to help you decide whether a writer’s arguments are strong or weak. 1. Is the writer’s word choice clear? Think about what the writer is saying, each word. Are you confident you understand exactly what the writer is referring to. If not, you should be wary of believing the writer’s argument.
Can Objections to Singer's 'Famine Relief Argument' be Morally Justified?
traditional notions of charitable giving. Singer begins from clear assumptions to argue the profound conclusion that ‘we ought to give money away and it is wrong not to do so’ (Singer 1972: 235). This essay seeks to establish if we must accept this conclusion by evaluating whether objections to the FRA can be morally justified. ‘There may be
Singer's Generalization Argument - JSTOR Home
SINGER'S GENERALIZATION ARGUMENT NJARCUS SINGER in his recent book, Generalization in Ethics (New LV.L York, i96i), sets out to defend the following form of argument, which he calls the generalization argument: "If everyone were to do that, the consequences would be disastrous (or undesirable); therefore, no one ought to do that" (p. 4).
Gillespie on Singer's Generalization Argument - JSTOR
2. A reader for Ethics has questioned whether Gillespie's statement of GA accurately represents Singer's argument, pointing out that Gillespie's formulations of GC and GP differ from Singer's. It seems to me, however, that Gillespie's versions of GC and GP accurately interpret what Singer intends by these principles. Marcus Singer, Generalization
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with which premise you disagree, and why you disagree with it. If you do not disagree with any of the premises, then you should not disagree with the conclusion—on pain of contradicting yourself. But merely disagreeing with a premise without having a reason or argument as to why that premise is false means that your position is arbitrary and
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invalid, or that it is unsound. Since he argument is taken to be a valid argument form in Ethics, then—to prove that his argument is unsuccessful—we must demonstrate that it is unsound. Sound arguments are (a) valid, and (b) have true premises. We’ve already said that Singer’s argument meets criterion (a). It is valid.
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other cause than God (to do so, he first excluded the possibility that any being less than God could be its cause, and then proved that the meditator is such a being, i.e. that the meditator cannot, unbeknownst to him- or herself, be God). —If one accepts that Descartes’s reasoning in the proof is both valid (= the conclusion
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Let’s look more closely at Descartes’ dreaming argument. (Or, rather, let’s look more closely at one common interpretation of that argument.) Descartes’ first step appears to involve making the following inference: (1) Sometimes when you’re dreaming, you can’t tell whether or not you’re dreaming. (2) So, even when you’re awake ...
Singer's Famine Relief Argument
3 2009). According to Arthur (2009), following this logic would mean that people are entitled to keep their earnings only if there is no way for them to prevent a greater evil by giving
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