"The following appeared as part of a petition sent to residents of Youngtown by an environmental protection group:
"The Smith Corporation shouldn't be permitted to develop the land that is now part of the Youngtown Wildlife Preserve. This sanctuary is essential to the survival of the 300 bird species that live in our area. Although only a small percentage of the land will be sold to Smith,the proposed development will have disastrous consequences for our area. The company plans to build a small hotel on the land. Although they have promised to ensure the preservation of the sanctuary,there is no way that their plans will do anything but harm the sanctuary. There are no circumstances under which this sale will benefit our community, which relies on tourists who visit primarily to see our magnificent bird population."" -
Write a response in which you examine the started and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
The argument presented has a few basic faults that call its accuracy into question. Firstly, the author states that although only a small percentage of the land will be sold to the Smith Corporation, it will still have "disastrous consequences" for the area. Despite making such an ominous claim, he fails to explain what kind of consequences will result from development on such a small percentage of the wildlife preserve. In order to make his argument more reasonable, he should have put forth some points which demonstrate that even if the proposed area of development is small, it will still hav...
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Sentence: Thus, as demonstrated in the above points, the author fails to account for a number of situations & makes a few faulty assumptions that reduce the reasonability of his argument.
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