Argument vs Fighting
Argument vs Fighting
Argument is not fighting, but so often we simplify argument by comparing it to war. The war metaphor is limited in several ways, however, such as: assuming there are only two sides; someone must win; and compromise means losing.
1. Define “argument as dance” as an alternative to “war.”
2. Does bad argument (name calling, interrupting, shouting, etc.) come down to pride?
Consider the issues at play in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXO5vUUXmxE
3. What are the problems with the way these two people are debating the issue?
4. Argument is necessary and important in a culture that values democracy and equity. Why?
Quintilian said that the “perfecto orator . . . cannot exist unless he is above all a good man.”
5. What is the benefit of being a “good man”?
As one of the key elements of good rhetoric, logic is necessary in argument. However, “[l]ogic is not synonymous with fact or truth, though facts are part of evidence in logical argumentation. You can be logical without being truthful. This is why more logic is not the only answer to better public argument.”
6. Please respond to this idea.
“How College Changes the Parent-Child Relationship”
7. Has being a college student influenced your relationship with your parents (this may be literally or perhaps in your mind if you are not in contact with your parents)?
8. What is a “struggling transitioner”?
9. How do families view college acceptance differently today from the decades before?
10. What is the cause of this change?
