ASP108CriticalThinking:Assignment1

Generaldirections:

• This assignment is worth 15% of your final grade for this
  • Please submit your work in theASP108Dropboxin Cloud Deakin, using either Word, RTF or PDF file format.
• Due date isThursday10April(8:00m.)

Question1:LogicalOutlines:

Constructalogicaloutlinefor thefollowingtwoarguments,observingthesepoints:

• Include all of the statements that are made in each passage in your logicalThink carefully about whether any givensentencemight contain more than onestatement,which should be listed separately.
• Make sure that the POC and premises are written out ascomplete and independent statements. Paraphrase as much as you need to in order to achieve this, but no
• Identify any nestedconclusionsandside-comments,usingthemethodstaughtinthis unit. You are not being asked to identifyassumptionsin this assignment.
• There is noenforcedwordlimitonthisquestion,justuseasmanywordsasyouneedto do a good job.
• Please see theprojectrubricforfurtherguidanceonhowthisquestionwillbe

(25markseachargument,50 markstotal)

• Lwant to have a beautiful holiday this year so I will go to Bali, because it has a wide range of yoga classes which will make me fit, gorgeous organic locally grown food which will make me healthy, and cheap massages which will make me very relaxed.

• Elon Musk's DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has been making global headlines, sparking questions around why the world's richest person has decided to center himself in US politics. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order enforcing all Federal agencies to cooperate with DOGE, which means that Trump has given Musk unchecked legal authority. This action is unacceptable and must beMany DOGE appointees are political supporters who lack relevant skills and training, yet they have accessed

sensitive personnel data, so thiswork iscreatingprofoundsecurity risks which cannot beallowedto continue.Meanwhile,sharesinMusksbusinesses havelostbillionsinvalueoverthepastweek.The man should shut down DOGE and return to running his own businesses.

Question2:EvaluatingComplexArguments

On the next page is a letter that was sent to NSW Premier Dominic Perrotet on March 3, 2023.Provideanevaluation ofthisletterasanargument. Isitagoodargument?Ifso,why? If not, why not?

Yourresponsetothisquestion shouldbewrittenasashortessay,andyoumaydrawonany of the concepts we have learned so far in the course. There is no need to end your short essay with a reference list, although you may provide URLs to justify labelling certain statements as FACT.

• For this question you arenotbeingaskedtosubmitalogicaloutline.Butitmayhelpyou to make one for yourself before beginning to write.
• This question has astrictword-limitof 300words(+/-10%).Thewordlimitisstrictto encourage you to develop clear and concise writing skills.
• Please see theprojectrubricforfurtherguidanceonhowthisquestionwillbe

(50 marks)