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发表于 2007-8-17 16:48:34 |只看该作者 |倒序浏览

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According to a poll of 200 charitable organizations, donations of money to nonprofit groups increased by nearly 25 percent last year, though not all charities gained equally. Religious groups gained the most (30 percent), followed by environmental groups (23 percent), whereas educational institutions experienced only a very small increase in donations (3 percent). This poll indicates that more people are willing and able to give money to charities but that funding for education is not a priority for most people. These differences in donation rates must result from the perception that educational institutions are less in need of donations than are other kinds of institutions.
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In this argument, the arguer claims that the differences in donations rates must result from the perception that educational institutions are less in need of donations than are other kinds of institutions. To support this assertions, the arguer points out several facts--such as religious groups gained the mort(30%), followed by environmental groups (23%), whereas educational institutions experienced only 3%. Additionally, the arguer points out that more people are willing and able to give money to charities but that funding for education is not a priority for most people. At first, I find that the argument is gravity, rather specific; but, as I carefully ruminate over it's, I find that dominoes of absurdities are very near the surface.

In the first place, one of the major flaws is that the arguer neglects the relative quantities cannot fully present the real condition. Admittedly, the educational institutions' relative quantities of donations are less than religious and environmental groups, but it does not necessarily mean that the educational institutions' absolute quantities are still less than the two. It is quite possible that the number of donations is larger than the two. In the case, we cannot be convinced by the arguer's assertion, unless the arguer gives us the absolute quantities.

In the second place, there is a logical flaw weaken the assertion is that funding for education is not a priority for most people. This assumption is based in great part on questionable facts which indicated above. First, whether the donations of education are not the priority for most people does indicate. Furthermore, maybe the number of the donations of education is the largest.

The last but not the least, even the rates of donations of the education does not increase as fast as the two, we cannot infer that education are less in need of donations than are other kinds of institutions. It is quite possible that our education system does not show that education is lack of donations, therefore the charitable organizations believe that education are less in deed of donations than others.

To sum up, having fully embraced the assertion that arguer by proving is preferable to that the arguer by listing incredible evidence and assumptions. So if the arguer wants to make the argument logical and acceptable, he or she should list enough credible evidence--such as the absolute quantities. Also we can set up an survey to certain whether educational institutions are less in need of donations.

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