Time to get your hands dirty!

In this activity, you will have to create your own argument, evaluate someone else’s argument, and receive feedback from others on your argument.

Below is a list of statements that we have used as conclusions of various arguments you’ve seen in the course so far. Your task in this activity is to provide a good argument that has one of them as a conclusion. We expect a short argument, of the like you’ve seen so far. Your argument shouldn’t exceed 100 words. Try and find no more than 5 premises which you think make the best case for the conclusion you chose.

• You shouldn’t cut down protected trees.
• You love me.
• We should support a ban on smoking in bars.
• The Loch Ness Monster doesn’t exist.
• You shouldn’t worry and you should be happy.
• Aunt Mary is the one who stole the apple tart.
• It will not rain today.
• The dice has a 50% chance of landing on six.
• We should be able to redistribute the world’s substantial food supplies so that the poor get plenty.
• Quinn doesn’t care about the environment.

The emphasis here is on sharing your reflections with your fellow learners, so it’s an informal exercise and a chance to give support and feedback to others.

After you submit your assignment, it will be read and commented upon by another person taking the course. You will then be asked to read and comment on someone else’s piece. You will be notified by email once your assignment has been reviewed and will then be able to reflect on what you’ve learned before moving on from this activity.

If you don’t want to take part in this assignment please don’t submit anything in this box.

Please note: you will not be able to edit your work after clicking ‘Submit’, so please check it carefully before submitting. It is a good idea to write your assignment in a text editor beforehand, in case you lose your internet connection, and then paste your final submission into the assignment box when you are ready.

P1 : Smoking emits odours and toxic emanations.

P2 : Bars are confined spaces which can be quickly saturated in odours and toxic emanations.

P3 : One shouldn’t expose others to unpleasant and/or harmful things, like loud or unwanted sounds, unpleasant odours or harmful substances.

P4 : Without interdiction, people allows themselves to expose other people to toxic emanations and potentially unpleasant odours.

Therefore, probably,

C : It should be explicitly forbidden to smoke in bars.