Instruction
Using the concepts learned through the readings and lecture pages, select one social issue that particularly interests a close friend or relative. Interview this person about the subject and ask them about an argument they would make about the topic. Be sure to distinguish between an argument and an explanation. Now, reconstruct their argument using the standard argument form. For a good example of how you might approach this, see page 46ff of van Cleave (2016).
What are their main conclusions? Premises? What premises are missing? What is their conclusion? Using external scholarly sources, can you determine if the argument is sound? Is the argument inductive, deductive, or a mixture of both? You should employ the principle of charity to understand the argument at hand