Explanation Logical Examples Analogies

Explanation: Logical If we pay scholarships to students from families that are at risk of poverty, they will have more time to study because there will be less of a initiative to have a job while studying or not study at all due to financial difficulties.

Explanation: Example We need to give minorities citizenship, because we see the example of Latvia and Lithuania, where Latvia did not provide Russians living in Latvia citizenship and now they are more socially isolated and have less representation in the parliament than in Lithuania.

Explanation: Analogy When in the USA alcohol was banned, the alcohol consumption grew and the prices, due to no governance, also grew. When it was legalized we saw more dialogue about it and less consumption, and more “consumer fair prices”. Soft drugs, like marihuana, could do the same.

THW invade Myanmar (Burma)

Argument Statement Importance/Weight (Framing) Explanation ◦ Evidence ◦ Sub points Harms and benefits

Attack the argument The argument’s ◦ Conclusion ◦ Premise ◦ Link between Counter argument ◦ Weighting!!

(their argument) EVEN IF (their argument in the strongest form possible)

(the argument won’t work because a) EVEN IF (it would work, that would do more harm or is too little compared to the harms done or we should not care)

Logical fallacies

If we allow gay people to marry, soon they will demand adoption rights and positive discrimination when getting a job or a place for their kids in educational institutions.

Slipper slope If we allow gay people to marry, soon they will demand adoption rights and positive discrimination when getting a job or a place for their kids in educational institutions.

Children working in sweat shops starve less because they have some sort of income. If we ban children labor, more children would starve.

A to B does not mean A to B Children working in sweat shops starve less because they have some sort of income. If we ban children labor, more children would starve.

Hate speech is legal because the freedom of speech is written in our constitution.

Appeal to authority/ begging the question Hate speech is legal because the freedom of speech is written in our constitution.

If we (the state) do not set minimum wage and strict social policy, the workers would be exploited and we would have wild capitalism.

False dichotomy If we (the state) do not set minimum wage and strict social policy, the workers would be exploited and we would have wild capitalism.

Immigrants come to our country and take the low paid jobs for a lower salary than our own citizens thus leaving our citizens jobless.

False generalisation Immigrants come to our country and take the low paid jobs for a lower salary than our own citizens thus leaving our citizens jobless.

People have been drinking alcohol for ages and majority of our society does it thus we cannot ban alcohol.

Bandwagon

Majority of Roma people in Lithuania do not have jobs or join organizations. Roma culture does not allow integration.

Correlation does not mean causation Majority of Roma people in Lithuania do not have jobs or join organizations. Roma culture does not allow integration.

Gay parades in Lithuania would help the LGBT community because more publicity would lead to more discussion in the public sphere. More discussion leads to more understanding of the side and thus less homophobia.

Reality check Gay parades in Lithuania would help the LGBT community because more publicity would lead to more discussion in the public sphere. More discussion leads to more understanding of the side and thus less homophobia.

This House would Censor the Internet This House would Censor the Internet