MODR 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: United Nations Human Rights Committee, 1948 Donora Smog, False Dilemma
9 Jul 2017
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Marking scheme: 25 marks per question, as follows: 5 marks: news page 30, vigilantes guilty of arson: P1: the four new brunswick men were defending themselves and their community by burning down the house of a suspected drug dealer. P2: anyone who acts in self-defense is innocent. (implied) C: the four new brunswick men are innocent. Definition: the meaning of a key term shifts throughout the argument. Application: the meaning of self-defense shifts from premise one to premise two. Equivocation premise two, self-defense is a legal term which refers to defending oneself from an imminent attack on one"s person. In premise one, self- defense (or defending themselves ) refers to removing a potential long- term threat to the welfare of oneself and one"s community. Challenge: although this argument appears to be sound, it cannot have both true premises and a valid pattern at the same time.
