General Slides for SOC120Fall 08 Week 7

(Study Guide edited 3/09/10)

Class OutlineChapt Study Guide

NPR Ethicist 11/03/021. You have neighborhood kids and an

adult (with family and children) mow your lawn, paint fences, clean the house etc. You pay the adult much more and give them a large tip—Is this ethical?

2. A male tells a male friend about someone in their social group who’s wife is pregnant but asks him to keep it confidential. Two weeks later the wife tells her husband she just heard about her friends pregnancy—his response he knows-her response, she is angry that he did not tell her. Should he have told her?

What does a critical thinker think/do?

A Critical Thinker

1. This sounds like a question about appeal to pity, a fallacy, what do you think

2. The ethicist said in terms of norms of our society male friend should assume the husband would tell his wife, especially about this topic, are he should ask specifically for friend to not tell his wife. I know I would be in trouble with my spouse if I did not tell her.

A Recent Statement by a Politician

What does a critical thinker think/do?

Which presidential candidate approves of the right of a US president to start a “preemptive war”.

It’s all right to have attacked Iraq because they would have attacked us if they could have."

CT Thoughts

a. Two wrongs as stated or prevention of future danger to us? Afghanistan, Iraq?

b. What about the Nagasaki and Hiroshima argument?

Does the wrong prevent a worse occurrence?

Was dropping the Atomic bomb TR? http://www.dannen.com/decision/http://www.doug-long.com/

Watch those definitions:

What is:TortureSigning statementsState secrets

Week 7:• 1-- New Groups (W7 S13) Chapter 7 Study Gps, New gp tsk (w4 s17)• 2-- Review MT Writing Errors (errors, (a), (Q and (a)), ((b) and (c)), [(d) and (e)]• 3-- Review MT Dis, show A01 (MT on floppy)• 4--Review MT MC• • Do Discussion 1, 2, 3 then share with group Hand back MT• NEED TO EDIT W072--HB and discuss A03 and specifics Burden of Proof [Enemy combatants W7 S12,S13] , Two

Wrongs [W7S4, S5 & S6 and WWII Abu Ghraib (W2 S5 S5), Math vs Logic [W5S10], Slippery slope, F07: Line Drawing [W5S14,MT ], Relativism [W5S15,MT ], NEXT CLASS Analyze from both sides (W3 S4,5), Non CT Decision (W4 S8,9) Cooperate Responsibility (W6 S9), Winner”(W2 S2, S3), Study (W2 S8,9)

• “The Amazing Randy”[movie –later w06] Good luck/ Horoscopes, etc. [W6 S4,5] also John Edwards [W7 S9,10]• 5-- A04 • 7-- Class project Part II 5 articles must be completed first day day week 7• 6-- Complete Mag Evaluation exercise –criteria fm F04 [Fall 05, S6]• 8-- Start Web search/evaluation exercise (add credibility for claim-web) • Chapter 7 Outline and Quiz

1st Slide

Writing Errors from MT

Week 3 slide 15

Writing Errors from MT 1

(a) “I was never lightheaded about the paper because it didn’t jump around or have unnecessary sentences in there.” Symantic – Lightheaded, jump around, in there (it) Wordy, Redundant – in there“I was never confused about the paper because it was organized and had no excessive wording”

1. For the following, identify the problem(s) using the classification from chapter 2. Rewrite the statement (you know the context, A01/A02 in most cases) to correct the errors. Be very careful not to make errors in your rewrite.

Writing Errors from MT 2

(c) “She used all the principals of organization in many ways. ” Spelling/symantic – principals (principles)Redundant/Prolixity – all, in many ways“She used the principles of organization. ”

(b) ““Both articles followed the idiographic and nomothetic requirements of the assignment. Pedantic– idiographic, nomothetic Symantec – Both, and Grammar – No quotes at the end“The articles followed the idiographic or nomothetic requirements of the assignment.”

Writing Errors from MT 3

(e) “Four-poster bed, 101 years old. Perfect for antique lover. ” Syntactic – antique loverPossibly Symantic – antique ( old)“Four-poster bed, 101 years old. Perfect for lover of antiques.”

(d) “Will you please send someone to mend our cracked sidewalk. Yesterday my wife tripped on it and is now pregnant”. Pedantic– idiographic, nomothetic Syntactic – now (also redundant) pregnantGrammar – No quotes at the end“Will you please send someone to mend our cracked sidewalk. Yesterday my pregnant wife tripped on it”

MT Discussion 1

4. Thoroughly list and explain the characteristics of a social science image of reality and thoroughly list and explain the characteristics of a mass media image of reality. Read the copy of the news article carefully. Classify the article as either a social science image of reality or a mass media image of reality. Support your choice. You must use “Critical Thinking and Clear Writing” practices as discussed in chapter 2. --see writing instructions page 1. PROOF your answer! Poor writing will affect your grade! Write or print legibly--my eyes are failing! (Your audience is a student like yourself but not in this class. Write so that he/she would understand; use a clear structure and follow good writing practices from Chapter.)

MT Discussion 2

TOPIC: general ISSUE: whether, should, Is…,… First Side of the issue Supporting claims and credibility evaluation (a) Claim[s] (b) SourceSecond Side of the issue Supporting claims and credibility evaluation (a) Claim[s] (b) Source Conclusion –directed to your stated issueState a library research question for this topic: source(s) for info State an empirical research question for this topic: methods survey, experiment, observation…

5. Carefully read the news article handed out then answer the following. Identify the broad topic, the issue addressed, the sides of the issue, supporting claims and evaluation of their credibility for each side discussed in the article, the conclusion if one is made and any assumptions that may be required to clearly connect the reasons to the conclusion. State a library research topic on this issue that is not empirical and state an empirical/scientific question on this issue. Remember, your audience is a student like yourself but not in this class. Write so that he/she would understand use a clear structure and follow good writing practices from Chapter.)

What would a critical thinker think about this?

Some CT Observations

• John Edward “channels” dead relatives and friends to the members of his audience of 200

• His stated intention is “solely to relay facts”• The Sci Fi channel has 45% male watchers overall but

60% of John Edwards Crossing Over audience is female

• Critics point to the general nature of most of his “channeling”

• Critics have found forms filled out and plants in the waiting lines to supply the info for Edwards “amazing communications”

F IDENTIFYING UNSTATED PREMISES EXFirst [p224b]Second [p225t]Your essays [p225b]

G TECHNIQUES FOR UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS [p226m]

I Why difficult [p226m]First task [p226m] Second task [p226m] Next [p226m]

II Clarifying an Arguments Structure [p226b]First [p227t]Next [p227m]Diagram [p227m]

Therefore (independent)Underline + (dependent)More then 1 conclusionCounter arguments

H Distinguishing Arguments fm window dressing (1) Is passage an argument, (2) Is conclusion unstated (3) No clear premise, is this rhetoric?

C7 8th ed.Terms: Study OutlineA ANATOMY OF ARGUMENTS

Logic Def [p215b]B I--ARGUMENT [p218t] DEF/EX• 1 Premise(s) [p218t], Conclusion [p218t]• 2 ID arguments ~ easy [p216m]• 3 BOX: Conclusion Indicators [p216t]• 4 BOX: Premise Indicators [p217t] II—1 Conclusion as premise DEF/Ex [p217b] • 2 “Epistemology” [p218b] • 3 Unstated premise [p218b] • 4 Unstated conclusions [p218b] • 5 BOX Arguments -Explanations [p218t]C. DEDUCTIVE LOGIC• 1 Good deductive arguments DEF/EX [p219m] • 2 Valid argument DEF/EX [p219b] • 3 Sound argument DEF/EX [p220m] • 5 Mistaken Concept of deduction [p220b] D INDUCTIVE LOGIC DEF/EX [p221m]

1 Strong DEF/EX [p221m]2 Single case DEF/EX [p222m]3 Matter of degree DEF/EX [p222m]4 Sample Class DEF/EX [p222b

E UNSTATED PREMISES AGAIN [p223m]

1st Slide

Issues for Critical Thinking

– US citizens, “enemy combatant” –yes– Afganistan: Foreign Combatants in combat zone –

does Geneva Convention apply?

•If someone is accused of planning or committing a terrorist act. •Does this change the Burden of Proof for American Legal system “innocent until proved guilty”?

Questionable Rebates! 2/17/07

Wow!!! What a deal only $2.99 per 512MB drive after rebates for up to 3 flash drives. What does a Critical Thinker do next?

Look at the rebate forms! Tricky!“Limit one rebate, per household.”

If you purchased 3 your cost would be $74.97 -$6 CompUSA rebate -$20 One PNY rebate [you would not get $40 in PNY rebates for 2]______________COST Tot $48.97 Each $16.32 Not a good price!

New Groups

• Check lists on bulletin board and at group locations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

• Share names, phone numbers, email, movie/TV character.

• Groip project to be done—Saving $ on transportation decide a scribe for this project

• Decide how and divide tasks for new group project answer—each group will create a word doc as their answer. This will be linked on the class web page.

Pre Quiz C7

1. What is Chapter 7 about? (be as specific as possible)

2. Two parts of an argument:

3. Examples of the two parts of an argument are:

4. What is deductive logic and an example:

5. What is inductive logic and an example: