Conflicting Viewpoints Essay

Assignment 1.2: Conflicting Viewpoints Essay – Part II

Synthesizing and Writing
Due Week 4 and worth 100 points

When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking.

The assignment is divided into two (2) parts.
For Part I of the assignment (due Week 2), you read a book excerpt about critical thinking processes, reviewed the Procon.org Website in order to gather information, and engaged in prewriting to examine your thoughts.
* Remember that in the Week 2 Discussion, you examined the biases discussed in Chapter 2 of the webtext.

In Part II of the assignment (due Week 4), you will write a paper to synthesize your ideas.
Part II – Writing
Write at three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. State your position on the topic you selected for Assignment 1.1.
2. Identify (3) three premises (reasons) from the Procon.org website that support your position    and explain why you selected these specific reasons.
3. Explain your answers to the “believing” questions about the three (3) premises opposing your position from the Procon.org website.
4. Examine at least two (2) types of biases that you likely experienced as you evaluated the premises for and against your position.
5. Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group identification that may have influenced your biases.
6. Discuss whether or not your thinking about the topic has changed after playing the “Believing Game,” even if your position on the issue has stayed the same.

The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:

• Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
• Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
• Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Identify the informal fallacies, assumptions, and biases involved in manipulative appeals and abuses of language.
• Create written work utilizing the concepts of critical thinking.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in critical thinking skills and informal logic.

Topic-Should Abortion be legal?

Abortion is when the female get rid of her pregnancy before it results into the birth of a child. Abortion is one of the major topics in the United States that continues to prompt a debate across different platforms and it’s an issue that comes up in every presidential debate in the country. Everyone have different views and different believes when it comes to abortion whether it should be legalized or not. I think abortion should not be legalized because it invades on the right to life of the unborn.

From the Procon.org Website, the three reasons listed under Con section are:

1) Abortion is murder.

2) Abortion may lead to future medical problems for the mother.

3) Abortions cause psychological damage.

Abortion is murder:

This is interesting because people have debated this for so long and science have been a major part of it. Is abortion killing? And the answer is yes, because you taking a way a potential life, which mean it is killing. The most noticeable thig is about this point is the fact that is it a life if you decide to end it early? And at what point is it a life. This idea might be true if the person took too long before they do the abortion because the longer you take the more time the baby forms.

Abortion may lead to future medical problems for the mother:

This is interesting because science shows that in some cases there is a side effect to abortion, and doctors tell the mother that there might be a chance that things could go wrong depending on what type of abortion. The noticeable thing about this point is the fact that there are studies that show the exact percentage of how many times have abortions had medical problems on the mother. In this case, this point could true because studies show that there are actual reported medical problems that happened to the mother.

Abortions cause psychological damage:

This point is interesting because the mothers have emotions and going through abortion could defiantly cause a psychological damage. The mother could go through depression after the abortions because she thinks she killed her child and she could overthink it and even have doubts of ever having child and it could seriously give the mother a psychological breakdown because it is a big decision. It is noticeable because everything in life have psychological effect on you some are positive some are negative but this is defiantly one that the mother can’t decide how should feel if she have gone with abortion. There will be regrets and it could turn into depression. This is true because psychological damages could occur if the mother goes on with the abortion and have regrets after the fact.

Conclusion:

I think abortion should be illegal because of the following three reasons, first it is taking away the life of an unborn child, second it could lead to medical issues for the mother. Finally it could have psychological damage on the mother which could leave to depressing.