argument24

nortromUID: 2591367

argument24
The following appeared in a memo from the president of Viva-Tech, a manufacturer of high-tech medical equipment.
“In order to reduce costs, we should close some of our existing small assembly plants and build a large central plant. Grandview would be an ideal location for this new plant. First, of the locations that we have considered, Grandview has the largest adult population, so that we will be able to staff our plant quickly and easily. Second, since the average wage earned by workers in Grandview is less than that in the other locations, we should be able to keep production costs low. Last, as an inducement for us to build there, Grandview’s town council has offered to allow us to operate for the first three years without paying city taxes.”


The president recommends closing some of the existing small assembly plants and building a large central plant. He also claims that Grandview would be an ideal location for this new plant. To support his recommendation, the president cites several advantages that Grandview owns. However, this argument is logically flawed in several critical respects discussed as below.

First of all, the author unfairly assumes that closing some of the small assembly plants and building a central plant will help to reduce costs. It is not reasonable because the costs is related to many factors. It is entirely possible that building a new central plant will be a large cost, and there is no evidence showing that productivity will surely be improved. Perhaps small plants are of more efficiency.

Even assuming that such measurements can help to reduce costs, it is arbitrary to judge that Grandview is an ideal location for the new plant for lack of evidence. First, the author falsely equates large population with large labor. Perhaps most people already have a steady job and there will be few people available for the new plant. Moreover, the fact that the everage wage in Grandview is less than that in other locations cannot be a reference for making a wage budget. Actually, the wage is largely based on the work itself. Perhaps people in Grandview are more willing to do some easy jobs thus earning less. But there’s no evidence that they will receive a hard job with a comparatively low wage.

Finally, the mere fact that the town council will offer a three year operation without city taxes can not persuade me to believe that Grandview is the best choice. It is entirely possible that there are several kinds of taxes and city taxes is the least. And perhaps some other cities will provide more apealing conditions. Without ruling out these factors, it is arbitrary to conclude that Grandview is the ideal location.

In sum, this recommendation is relied on certain doubtful assumptions that render it unconvincing as it stands. To bolster the recommendation, the author must provide better evidence that (1)closing small assembly plants and building a new plant can really reduce costs, (2) people in Grandview will take this job and receive a comparatively low wage, (3)the town council provides the most apealing condition among all the towns.

lafelaUID: 2538110

The president recommends closing some of the existing small assembly plants and building a large central plant. He also claims that Grandview would be an ideal location for this new plant. To support his recommendation, the president cites several advantages that Grandview owns. However, this argument is logically flawed in several critical respects discussed as below.

First of all, the author unfairly assumes that closing some of the small assembly plants and building a central plant will help to reduce costs. It is not reasonable because the costs is （cost is） related to many factors. It is entirely possible that building a new central plant will be a large cost, and there is no evidence showing that productivity will surely be improved. Perhaps small plants are of more efficiency.

Even assuming that such measurements can help to reduce costs, it is arbitrary to judge that Grandview is an ideal location for the new plant for lack of evidence. First, the author falsely equates large population with large labor. Perhaps most people already have a steady job and there will be few people available for the new plant. Moreover, the fact that the everage (average) wage in Grandview is less than that in other locations cannot be a reference for making a wage budget. Actually, the wage is largely based on the work itself. Perhaps people in Grandview are more willing to do some easy jobs thus earning less. But there’s no evidence that they will receive a hard job with a comparatively low wage.

Finally, the mere fact that the town council will offer a three year operation without city taxes can not persuade me to believe that Grandview is the best choice. It is entirely possible that there are several kinds of taxes and city taxes is the least. And perhaps some other cities will provide more apealing conditions. Without ruling out these factors, it is arbitrary to conclude that Grandview is the ideal location.

In sum, this recommendation is relied on certain doubtful assumptions that render it unconvincing as it stands. To bolster the recommendation, the author must provide better evidence that (1)closing small assembly plants and building a new plant can really reduce costs, (2) people in Grandview will take this job and receive a comparatively low wage, (3)the town council provides the most apealing condition among all the towns.
对于论证我觉得没有问题，最后一段一个总结我很喜欢，觉得很清楚。

lafelaUID: 2538110

issue99 成功学
  "In any realm of life -- whether academic, social, business, or political -- the only way to succeed is to take a practical, rather than an idealistic, point of view. Pragmatic behavior guarantees survival, whereas idealistic views tend to be superceded by simpler, more immediate options." 在生活各个领域,不管是学术、社会还是政治要想成功，只能靠实际的观点而非空想.程序化的行为保证了基本的生存，而空想只会被更简单、更急迫的选择取代。


The speaker asserts that the only way to succeed is to take a pratical point of view and idealistic views tend to be superceded by simpler, more immediate options. I concede that a practical view is important to success, however the speaker overlooks the significance of idealistic views.

The reason for my agreement with the speaker is that pragmatism is the mainstream idea of today’s world. In such a world with perfect social systems and complete social division of labor, the only thing we are supposed to carry out seems to be making use of all those social resources and creating our own fortune. Schools teach certain skills that will be useful in works, ideas are taken only when they can make great profits, and people get promoted only when he has maken(made) great devotion to his company. People may dream of being a football player, or a pop singer, but that is just a dream, since we human beings are rational aniamls, we tend to put our attention to more realistic possibilities. In some respects, pragmatism equals to individualism and conservatism, becuase everybody wants to succeed and keep away from adventure.
最后那句话总觉得因为没有很强的说服力，所以还是不要写比较好，免得引起歧义。
However, our society could not develop without the efforts of those idealists. Those ancestors in every fields are all idealists to some extent. There are idealists in different times. An apt illustration will be Matin Luther King, he made a siginificant speech and he was assassinated later, it was a tragedy for himself, but he made the history, the fusty and evil racial discrimnation was destroyed. Another example is Colombo, he tried a new route that no one had tried before, and he lost most of his boats in the trip and he never lost his courage. Idealists are such people, they have strong will and put it into practice, and they do not care about themselves. No matter what lies before them, they will never change their minds. It is true that there are few idealists in our society, but they always exist. They seek for the truth and are morally noble, and the most important thing is that they played a vital role in the development of the society.

Similarly, idealistic views have great influence on oneself sometimes. Take Micheal Dell as an example. The behavoir of qiutting the college and giving up his major totally rebel the pragmatism and（but） he succeeded, this seems ironic because he made a greater success than those who are more rational and practical. Actually, we can think a lot of examples like this. In these cases, idealistic ideas helps a lot in personal success.

In the final analysis, I agree that the usual way to get success is through practical views. However, if there is anything unperfect in our society, or if there is someone who wants to seek for a diifferent meaning of life, idealistic views will always exist. and these views are of great significance in social progress.

很不错的文章，例子和论证搭得很好，语言也很丰富。