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The assignment: Make sure you do both parts—i.e., part i and part ii
- Find a newspaper editorial. (The best place for that is The New York Times from the year 2015-2017.)
- Write a two page critical evaluation of it. Provide a link to the editorial or else paste it into your quiz. Note—if you paste it into your quiz, that does not count as part of the required 4 pages.
- Write another two pages the method you use to make a critical evaluation of an argument (such as your critical evaluation of the newspaper editorial). Try to describe this method in as much detail as you can provide. Think very carefully about it as you write.
Note: The critical evaluation of the editorial is two pages and the description of your method of critical evaluation is at most two pages. So you will submit 4 pages of writing.
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Running head: CRITICAL THINKING ON NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL
Critical Thinking on Newspaper Editorial
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CRITICAL THINKING ON NEWSPAPER EDITORIAL
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PART I: Critical Evaluation
NYT Editorial Board (2015). End the Gun Epidemic in America
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/opinion/end-the-gun-epidemic-in-america.html
This editorial has weak arguments and it does not make valid points. From a
philosophical point of view, the gun lobby argument is intellectually dishonest to call for the
complete restriction gun ownership as argued in the editorial. First, the editorial base the
arguments on the second amendment to the constitution while setting aside the legal debate and
it is unlikely that the gun lobby would support the amendment to the constitution in order to
introduce more restrictions on the gun ownership and possession. The lawmakers may be
unwilling to introduce more restrictive laws on the basis that the second amendment is irrelevant.
On the basis of the policy, the gun lobby argues that making more laws restricting the ownership
of the guns is not likely to work as the criminals do not obtain guns legally. This is undeniably
the truth. However, even if it was to be demonstrated that some restrictive laws can work, it is
unlikely that the gun lobby would support them. It would be unwise to blame the lawmakers for
the problem of the guns being in the wrong hands. Third, there is the cost of freedom in THE
society. The cost of freedo...
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