PHI332 : The Class : Argument Evaluation : Analogy : Exercise4.2.1
1. The development of a human being from conception through birth into childhood
is continuous.
2. To draw a line, to choose a point in this development and say "before
this point the thing is not a person, after this point it is a person"
is to make an arbitrary choice, a choice for which in the nature of things no
good reasons can be given.
Thus 3. The fetus is, or anyway we had better say it is, a person from the moment
of conception.
After reading her first paragraph, try to construct, from the fetus argument just given, an analogous argument for acorns--two premises and a conclusion. Make your analog as nearly parallel as possible. Then turn the page to see my answer.
Once you have completed this excercise you should:
Go on to Exercise4-2-2
or
Go back to Argument from Analogy
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