Art of Reasoning : Readings for Logical Analysis

by Hicks, Stephen R. C.; Kelley, David

• ISBN13: 9780393972146
• ISBN10: 0393972143
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

This collection of forty-four readings enables students to hone theirreasoning skills by engaging fully developed arguments from across thedisciplines. Selections are organized around ten broad themes,including education, science, abortion, the causes of crimes, and theexistence of God. An alternative table of contents classifiesselections by logical genre and the use of techniques such asgeneralization, analogy, statistical reasoning, and explanation. Studyquestions at the end of each reading help to focus student analysis.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
PART ONE ON TORTURE AND MURDER	1	(40)
MICHAEL LEVIN
The Case for Torture	1	(4)
CESARE BONESANA
Torture	5	(3)
VINCENT BUGLIOSI
O.J. Simpson Was Guilty	8	(5)
JOHNNIE COCHRAN
O.J. Simpson Was Not Guilty	13	(10)
JOHN HENRY WIGMORE
The Borden Case	23	(18)
PART TWO ON THE CAUSES OF CRIME	41	(38)
SIGMUND FREUD
Human Nature Is Inherently Bad	41	(3)
MICHAEL HARRINGTON
Defining Poverty	44	(3)
DAVID RUBINSTEIN
Don't Blame Crime on Joblessness	47	(4)
DON B. KATES, JR.
Handgun Bans: Facts to Fight With	51	(10)
JOHN HENRY SLOAN, ET AL
Handgun Regulations, Crime, Assaults, and Homicide: A Tale of Two Cities	61	(18)
PART THREE ON THE DEATH PENALTY	79	(32)
SISSEL SETERAS STOKES
Capital Punishment Is Immoral	79	(2)
H. L. MENCKEN
The Penalty of Death	81	(4)
JUSTICE WILLIAM BRENNAN
Furman v. Georgia
[Capital Punishment Is Unconstitutional]	85	(14)
JUSTICE POTTER STEWART
Gregg v. Georgia	99	(12)
PART FOUR ON THE ARTS	111	(32)
JOHN ENRIGHT
What Is Poetry?	111	(3)
JESSE HELMS
Amendment 420 [The NEA Should Not Fund Obscenity]	114	(7)
ROBERT HUGHES
A Loony Parody of Cultural Democracy	121	(4)
ROBERT SAMUELSON
Highbrow Pork Barrel	125	(4)
STEVEN DURLAND
Censorship, Multiculturalism, and Symbols	129	(4)
MARSHA FAMILIARO ENRIGHT
Why Does Music Cause Emotion?	133	(10)
PART FIVE ON SCIENCE	143	(28)
STEPHEN JAY GOULD
Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs	143	(10)
MURDOCK PENCIL
Salt Passage Research: The State of the Art	153	(8)
CARL HEMPEL
Semmelweis and Childbed Fever	161	(4)
CHARLES DARWIN
On Evolution	165	(6)
PART SIX ON EDUCATION	171	(38)
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
Children Should Not Be Reasoned With	171	(3)
SHEILA TOBIAS
Mathematics and Sex	174	(11)
CAROLINE BIRD
College Is a Waste of Time and Money	185	(12)
MAX SHULMAN
Love Is a Fallacy	197	(12)
PART SEVEN ON JUSTICE AND RIGHTS	209	(24)
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
On Cruelty and Clemency: Whether It Is Better to Be Loved or Feared	209	(4)
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The Declaration of Independence	213	(5)
HOSEA L. MARTIN
A Few Kind Words for Affirmative Action	218	(4)
LISA H. NEWTON
Bakke and Davis: Justice, American Style	222	(3)
ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ
Shouting "Fire!"	225	(8)
PART EIGHT ON ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION	233	(42)
JUSTICE LOUIS BRANDEIS
New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann [The Government May Prohibit Competition]	233	(17)
HENRY HAZLITT
Who's "Protected" by Tariffs?	250	(3)
LINDA GORMAN
Minimum Wages	253	(7)
ISAAC SHAPIRO
The Dispute over the Minimum Wage	260	(6)
LIBERTY NETWORK ASSOCIATION
The New World Order	266	(9)
PART NINE ON ABORTION	275	(34)
RONALD REAGAN
Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation	275	(11)
BARUCH BRODY
Fetal Humanity and Brain Function	286	(6)
LAURENCE H. TRIBE
Opposition to Abortion Is Not Based on Alleged Rights to Life	292	(5)
MARY ANNE WARREN
On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion	297	(12)
PART TEN ON THE EXISTENCE OF GOD	309	(14)
E. K. DANIEL
Two Proofs of God's Existence	309	(5)
GEORGE H. SMITH
God Does Not Exist	314	(9)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	323