explain in writing the extent to which you find the argument persuasive or fallacious. If an argument is fallacious because one or more of the fallacies discussed on the preceding pages, identify the fallacies and explain how they render the argument fallaciousEither we invest more money in improving our mental health care system or our society will experience more frequent outbursts of violence in mass shootings.Smoking must cause lung cancer because a much higher percentage of smokers get lung cancer than do nonsmokers.Smoking does not cause cancer because my grandfather smoked two packs per day of fifty years and died in his sleep at age ninety.Society ha an obligation to provide housing for the homeless because people without adequate shelter have a right to the resources of the community.Based on my observations of the two renters in our neighborhood, I have concluded that people who own their own homes take better care of them than those who rent.Intelligent design must qualify as a scientific theory because hundreds of scientists endorse it.If we pass legislation requiring mandatory registration of handguns, we’ll open the door to eventual confiscation of hunting rifles.Those who support gun control are wrong because they believe that no one should have the right to defend himself or herself in any situation.Most people who have died recently of overdoes of heroin first become addicted to painkillers. Therefore, doctors should drastically reduce their prescription of painkillers.We should question Mr. Robin Albertson’s endorsement of charter schools because he is one of the major shareholders in a corporation that develops curriculum used in these schools.

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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134641287

Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Publisher:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Chapter1: Introducing Social Psychology

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explain in writing the extent to which you find the argument persuasive or fallacious. If an argument is fallacious because one or more of the fallacies discussed on the preceding pages, identify the fallacies and explain how they render the argument fallacious

Either we invest more money in improving our mental health care system or our society will experience more frequent outbursts of violence in mass shootings.
Smoking must cause lung cancer because a much higher percentage of smokers get lung cancer than do nonsmokers.
Smoking does not cause cancer because my grandfather smoked two packs per day of fifty years and died in his sleep at age ninety.
Society ha an obligation to provide housing for the homeless because people without adequate shelter have a right to the resources of the community.
Based on my observations of the two renters in our neighborhood, I have concluded that people who own their own homes take better care of them than those who rent.
Intelligent design must qualify as a scientific theory because hundreds of scientists endorse it.
If we pass legislation requiring mandatory registration of handguns, we’ll open the door to eventual confiscation of hunting rifles.
Those who support gun control are wrong because they believe that no one should have the right to defend himself or herself in any situation.
Most people who have died recently of overdoes of heroin first become addicted to painkillers. Therefore, doctors should drastically reduce their prescription of painkillers.
We should question Mr. Robin Albertson’s endorsement of charter schools because he is one of the major shareholders in a corporation that develops curriculum used in these schools.

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