Self-study
Jones: A budget deficit is good for the country's finances; it discourages excessive government spending.
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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
Jones concludes that a budget deficit is good for the country’s finances. This is because he believes a budget deficit discourage excessive government spending.
Espinosa criticizes Jones’s argument by using analogy. In the analogous argument, someone might argue that reaching the credit limit on credit cards is a good thing because it discourages you from spending excessively. Espinosa points out that this argument doesn’t make sense, because reaching the credit card limit shows bad financial management. Espinosa points out that just as someone should avoid getting into debt, governments should also try to avoid debt.
Describe Method of Reasoning
Espinosa uses an analogous argument to show that Jones’s argument is not persuasive.
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Espinosa provides a flawed analogous argument (that reaching credit limit is good because it discourages spending) to show that Jones’s argument is similarly flawed.
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(B) describes circular reasoning. Espinosa does not accuse Jones’s argument of restating its conclusion as one of its premises.
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Espinosa does not offer any empirical evidence. (Empirical evidence is based on things that are actually observed or measured.)
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Espinosa does not comment on Jones’s own management of personal finances.
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Espinosa does not suggest that the reason Jones’s conclusion is flawed is that it is too general.