Assignment Task:
Issue: Bullying is a problem in the USA, and people tend to bully bullies as 'punishment.' Should bullies be bullied?
Construct an argument
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Make sure you fully understand what COMPLETENESS means OK, let me highlight a fundamentally important part of it:
You must look at and CONSIDER the opposing arguments (as every inductive argument must). It means that listing the counterarguments is not good enough; you have to say which premises you find true or strong (and why) and which ones you find false or weak (and why) -- otherwise your argument would be one-sided. Obviously, accepting certain premises against our argument will not make it weaker since every issue is complex.
Strong feelings or even high passion are not elements of critical thinking only reason is, as well as factual information. Morality, religion, value judgments, desires, wishes, preferences, tastes, likes, and dislikes do not make good subjects for critical arguments! Why? Because others may have other dislikes and likes, tastes, preferences, wishes, desires, value judgments, religion or morality, and the answer to the question regarding those, 'why do they prefer what they prefer instead of what we prefer' the answer is 'just because' -- end of the story.