Burning Flag and Free Speech(Response to Martin Lloyd Gapultos)

Instructions

Read & Review in the textbook, “Induction and Analogy” pgs. 302 – 307.

Respond to the following in 150 – 250 words.

Choose one of the following Analogies to analyze: Either #2 or #3 of Exercise 11.8, on pg. 309.

#2: Animals are like Human beings. They feel pain and pleasure and are part of the same chain of evolution. It is wrong to eat human beings, so it must be wrong to eat animals.

#3: Flag burning is, or can e, a form of political protest. Verbal political protest is protected and allowed as free speech. Free speech can be nonverbal, as is the case with dance. So, flag burning, as a nonverbal form of political protest, should be allowed and protected as free speech.

Analyze the above arguments using the following guiding questions:

What are the two things being compared?
What do these two things have most in common? Why are they relevant to the conclusion?
What differences do these two things have? Why/How are they relevant to the conclusion?
Do you believe the argument is weak or strong?
If the argument is weak, what makes it weak? Are there ways to add to, or otherwise change the argument to make it stronger?

Answer preview

In concurrence with your review, I can argue that the arguer was committed to maintaining relevance on the conclusion that, being a nonverbal form of protestation, the burning flag should be allowed and protected like any other forms of protesting, as free speech is.

length; 200 words each