Critical Thinking Class - Homework Help 1. What is the conclusion of this argume

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Critical Thinking Class - Homework Help

1. What is the conclusion of this argument? lfsea levels rise dramatically then some low islands are at danger of disappearing. The Maldives are coral islands in the Indian Ocean none ofwhich are more than sixfeet above sea level. Islands whose highest points are less than three meters above sea level are low islands. The Maldives are at danger if oceans rise, for six feet is obviously less than three meters a. If sea levels rise dramatically then some low islands are at danger of disappearing b. The Maldives are coral islands in the Indian Ocean none of which are more than six feet above sea level c. Islands whose highest points are less than three meters above sea level are low islands d. The Maldives are at danger if oceans rise. e. Six feet is obviously less than three meters 2. Read or listen to Patrick Henry's 'Give Me Liberty' speech. Identify and reconstruct at least one of Henry's arguments. Put it into standard form, paraphrasing and adding premises if necessary. You can find the text and audio of the speech here: http LLwww.history.org/almanack/lifeLpoliticsleivemeefm 3. Reconstruct (but don't evaluate) the arguments at the end of Supplemental Reading: Introduction to Arguments in the Week one folder. Put the arguments into standard form, adding premises where necessary. The arguments are repeated here for convenience: A. We have an obligation to do whatever our employer tells us to do. This is clear because employees are the property of employers. Also, property is controlled by its owner and people have to do something if they are controlled to do it. B. We discover our moral obligations by looking at the animal kingdom. Whatever the animal kingdom does is natural. So, we have a moral obligation to do what is natural. Chemotherapy is not natural. Therefore, we have a moral obligation to avoid chemotherapy C. If Keynes is right then governments should spend more in a recession. But obviously, governments should not spend more in a recession; they should spend less. So, Keynes is wrong D. Shamu is a whale; so Shamu is a mammal. Since mammals bear live young, Shamu bears live young E. Alberto Gonzales said that the U.S. cannot wait for another terrorist attack. If we can't wait for something then we eagerly anticipate it. So if Gonzales was right then the U.S. eagerly anticipates a terrorist attack. F. Karen would like nothing more than for her son to come home for Christmas. Karen's son did nothing for her for Christmas. Consequently, Karen liked what she got from her son more than she would have liked his coming home.

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Answer: The conclusion of any argument is what we concluded from reading the whole argument.

In first question argument talks about the danger to the low islands like Maldives which is just six feet above from sea level. So by reading the argument we can conclude that option D is correct because it talks about the danger to the Maldives if the ocean rises. other options are just not feasible conclusions.

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