Thursday, April 28, 2011

Journal 15 Analyzing an argument

Author, Robert J. Samuelson (1996, April 8). Why men need family values. Newsweek, 43.

The thesis of this article is single parenthood hurts more than women and children. It also makes men poorer and less happy. The claim that the author uses is value. The argument is appealing to trust and values(ethos). The premises are that the author mentioned David Popenoe who is a sociologist in Rutgers University, and the author use Popenoe's argues to convince readers and get readers trust. The author uses his own experiment to prove that fatherhood is a powerful antidote to self-centeredness. In my opinion, the logic of this argument is sound, and there are no fallacies, because the author uses his own life experiments to prove his opinions which is more convincing.

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