To begin, you will use the topic you selected in the Week 1 Standard Form Arguments discussion forum and continued working with in the Week 2 Creating a Valid Argument Workshop assignment. For this assignment, you will present and evaluate reasoning from scholarly sources on both sides of your topic.MY POST :
State the topic you have chosen.The topic I chose is going to have to be “Are prisons a form of rehabilitation or punishmentPresent the strongest argument you can on two different sides of your topic. Make sure to put both arguments in standard form, with the premises listed above the conclusion.
The system is designed for inmates to be punished while being rehabilitated.
Being in prison is the worst punishment there is to be taken away from family.
Prison could be a great place to rehab away from all distractions and some may need that to get rehabilitated.
Without taking sides on the issue, consider and discuss two of the following questions:
What more can people do to understand the views of those with different perspectives on this and other topics?
Prison can be and is what the inmate makes it. There are resources that are available to help inmates with drug problems. There are programs for anger management and parenting classes. So, a lot of the time it is up to the inmate to enroll and take advantage of there time and rehabilitate themselves. There is also the prison that you are in a cell locked down 23 hours a day and get an hour out a day to shower and stretch. Those places are for punishment and they don’t offer any way to get help and end up right back there. That system is just creating a revolving door for inmates that if offered help, might stay out of prison.
Do you think that understanding issues as strongly as possible from multiple points of view could promote a better life?
I, personally think that having multiple points of view could help promote a better life. I believe that I am in control of the quality of life that I live and hearing and seeing multiple points would broaden my views. I could take others’ points of view into consideration and, see so many different perspectives. I think having an open mind is something that can improve my quality of life.
View in discussionTo begin, you will use the topic you selected in the Week 1 Standard Form Arguments discussion forum and continued working with in the Week 2 Creating a Valid Argument Workshop assignment. MFor this assignment, you will present and evaluate reasoning from scholarly sources on both sides of your topic.
For an example of how to complete this paper, take a look at the Week Three Example Paper Download Week Three Example Paper.
Conduct research from scholarly sources on each side of your issue. The UAGC library features research Tutorials (Links to an external site.), which offer videos on getting started, understanding the research process, vetting scholarly and popular resources, and providing instruction on how to read a scholarly article.
Write a paper that includes the following:
Introduction (approximately 100 words)
Explain your topic and state the specific question that you are addressing.
Presentation of an Argument (approximately 200 words)
Describe the scholarly source on one side of the issue.
Present what you see as the main argument from that source (present the argument in standard form, with the premises listed above the conclusion).
Evaluation of the quality of the reasoning in this source (approximately 200 words)
You may address questions such as the following:
How adequately does the article support the premises of the argument?
How strongly do the premises of the argument support the truth of the conclusion?
What (if any) missing premises would be needed to complete the argument (make it valid/strong)? Are these missing premises justified or merely assumptions?
Presentation of an Opposing Argument (approximately 200 words)
Describe the scholarly source on the other side of the issue.
Present what you see as the main argument from that source in standard form, with the premises listed above the conclusion.
Evaluation of the quality of the reasoning in this source (approximately 200 words)
You may address questions such as the following:
How adequately does the article support the premises of the argument?
How strongly do the premises of the argument support the truth of the conclusion?
What (if any) missing premises would be needed to complete the argument (make it valid/strong)? Are these missing premises justified or merely assumptions?
Evaluation of Arguments in Non-Scholarly and Scholarly Sources (approximately 100 words)
Discuss the differences in the quality of the reasoning or in the degree of support for premises in these scholarly sources contrasted with non-scholarly sources.
If you need support, review the Scholarly and Popular Resources (1) (Links to an external site.) Writing Center video.
Conclusion (approximately 50 words)
Reflect on how this activity might influence how you conduct research in the future.
