FOURTH TASK B: Critical Thinking Skills

"Chimps may not qualify as humans, but they richly deserve protection from animal researchers who regard them as nothing more than objects to further the interests of mankind." By James Lee.
This is a position because he is expressing his own idea about a topic.

"I agree with Sebo that "Kiko and Tommy are not mere things". I have never had a pet dog or cat that was a "mere" thing. The birds at our feeders, whether starlings or hawks, are not "mere" things." By Marvant Duhon.
This is a disagreement becase he held a different point of view from the author of the article.

"It is not true that every culture ha always agreed with that moral law." By EvelynU.
This is a position.

"Human sacrifice was widespread in antiquity, and was considered morally good. The noble Romans believed that humans could be killed for their entertainment. Americans believed that enslaved persons could be killed without it being murder. Most Americans still believe that a person who has committed a crime in the past can be killed now to satisfy justice, not to avoid a present danger. Many Americans apparently believe that a man committing a crime such as selling loose cigarettes might have to be killed if he resists arrest." By EvelynU.
This is an argument since he tries to persuade the audience giving specific evidence (data) about events in the past.

"The solution is for our own species to show that we are evolved enough ourselves to recognize and respect how advanced these other species are - and that we're not unique - and formally accord them legal personhood and rights." By Lori Sirianni.
This is a conclusion since he provides an observation and a solution after the arguments.

"This debate bears an eerie resemblance to one in the early 19th- century South over whether black people were fully human. The central premise behind slavery held that slaves possessed no independent spirit of their own, that they served as a mere extension of their master's will." By James Lee.
This is background information.