PHI 1101 Lecture 3: Chapter 2 + 3

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Sascha Maicher

Document Summary

Number each claim in order as they appear in the argument. Academia usually have conclusions at the start, and give evidence after. (1) the selling of human organs should be outlawed. (2) allowing human organs to be sold will inevitably lead to a situation in which only the rich will be able to afford transplants. This is because (3) whenever something scarce is bought or sold as a commodity, the price will always go up. (4) the law of supply and demand requires it. 4 is evidence to 3, 3 is evidence to 2, 2 is evidence to the moral claim, 1. Premises don"t have to support each other, they can simply just support the main claim. (two simple premises can support main claim independently) In this case, both claims 2 and 3 support 1 together. (2) + (3) = (1). Proving either 2 or 3 wrong will prove the claim wrong in totality.