The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper:
"The profitability of Croesus Company, recently restored to private ownership, is a clear indication that businesses fare better under private ownership than under public ownership."
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
Write the essay now!
Post date | Users | Rates | Link to Content |
---|---|---|---|
2017-07-25 | ShivaniPatel | view |
- The following appeared in the editorial section of a daily newspaper:"Although forecasts of presidential elections based on opinion polls measure current voter preference, many voters keep changing t
- The following appeared as part of an article in a trade publication:"Stronger laws are needed to protect new kinds of home-security systems from being copied and sold by imitators. With such protecti
- The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a regional newspaper:"In response to petitions from the many farmers and rural landowners throughout our region, the legislature has spent valuable
- The following appeared in a memorandum from a regional supervisor of post office operations:"During a two-week study of postal operations, the Presto City post office handled about twice as many item 100
- The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a River City newspaper:"The Clio Development Group's plan for a multilevel parking garage on Dock Street should be approved in order to strengthen