Assignment task: It is obvious that the magistrate generally has little respect for the law; the magistrate's driving record shows two tickets for speeding in the last five years.
The argument is vulnerable to each of the following criticisms EXCEPT:
- It reaches a conclusion based on too small an amount of evidence.
- It fails to consider that in some circumstances speeding could be reasonable or necessary.
- It fails to consider that sometimes people could be falsely ticketed for speeding.
- It depends on evidence that has too tenuous a connection to establishing a general lack of respect for the law.
- It attempts to support a conclusion about observed behaviour by focusing attention on a character issue.