Final Project

INSTRUCTIONS

PHILISOPHY- KINDLY HELP WITH ONLY NUMBER 4 AS HIGHLIGHTED BELOW (RETRANSLATION) AS I HAVE WORKED ON THE OTHERS.

  1. English Argument:

P1: Abortion is a woman’s right

P2: If Abortion is a woman’s right, then women have the right to control their bodies.

P3: If women have the right to control their bodies, then abortion should be allowed.

P4: Abortion should be allowed, so it could decrease the rate of women dying from unsafe abortion, and abortion is not a crime.

P5: 25 million unsafe abortions takes place each year (https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/abortion-facts/)

P6: If 25 million unsafe abortions take place each year, then either abortion is not a women’s right or abortion is a crime

Conclusion: Abortion is not a crime

 

 

  1. Translation

p – Abortion is a woman’s right

q – Women have the right to control their bodies.

r – Abortion should be allowed.

s – It could decrease the rate of women dying from unsafe abortion.

t – Abortion is a crime.

v – 25 million unsafe abortions takes place each year.

 

 

  1. Proof
  1. p Premise
  2. p → q Premise
  3. q → r Premise
  4. r → (s & ~t) Premise
  5. v Premise
  6. v → (~p V t) Premise

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C: ~t

  1. p → r HS (2, 3)
  2. r MP (1, 7)
  3. (s & ~t) MP (4, 8)
  4. ~t Simp. (9)

 

  1. Re-translation- SEE THE SAMPLE EXAMPLE ATTACHED

 

  1.  Explaination and Summary
  • Do you think your valid argument is also sound?
  • Do we need empirical research to tell us if the premises are true?
  • Are there possible ambiguities in how the argument has been translated? Would a reasonable person disagree with any of your translations?
  • What other information besides symbolic logic might we need to decide whether to accept this argument as sound and believe the conclusion?
  • In your opinion, did symbolic logic add anything useful to the discussion of this issue?
  • Did it help you understand it better, or make a better argument for your point of view? Did it just make things more complicated?
  • If some members of the group disagree on translations, the validity or soundness of the argument as presented, this is the place to include that!