Whenever we make an argument, there’s bound to be some objections against it. This is what most of us experience in our lives everyday. We make arguments but then someone else disagrees with it by putting forward a claim that is strong enough to make our argument false and dubious. The people who disagree with our argument are the ones who are likely to raise objections, giving a good reason for us to doubt whether our conclusion is really true or not. Take for example an argument that you wanted to make about abortion:
Every women should have the right to an abortion.
The people who are against abortion or is a pro-life can make objections against our argument by saying:
Abortion is wrong.
Abortion is the same thing as murder.
Therefore, abortion should be illegal.
The objections stated above are strong enough to make our argument false/dubious. If we make arguments, they need to be strong enough for someone to be unable to debate against it. Otherwise, we will lose to the other side.
Although your example is written very well I disagree with your belief that in order for an argument to be strong it must be unable to be debated against. I believe that there are two sides to every issue and/or argument. Not everyone has the same beliefs or values as the next person so there is always going to be something that is disagreed upon. No argument can ever be unable to be debated against, in my own opinion.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I do think that an argument can be presented well enough so the people will have to think hard to come up with a valid counter-argument.