Question

1. Is this argument: deductive, inductive, or no argument.

2. What is the premise and the conclusion?

3. Is argument valid or invalid? Strong or weak?

"If someone is arrested for exercising her first amendment rights, then either she will be found innocent or she will appeal her case to the Supreme Court. Everyone who is found innocent is relieved. Since no one who is found innocent appeals her case to the Supreme Court, it follows that all people who are arrested for exercising their first amendment rights are relieved."

Answer 1

1. This is a deductive argument.

2. Premises and conclusion:

• P1. If someone is arrested for exercising her first amendment rights, then either she will be found innocent or she will appeal her case to the Supreme Court.
• P2. Everyone who is found innocent is relieved.
• P3. No one who is found innocent appeals her case to the Supreme Court.
• C1: All people who are arrested for exercising their first amendment rights are relieved.

3. The argument is not valid or sound. The third premise is invalid and false.