Question

Directions:

Below you will find a series of proposed solutions to problems. For each one, you are tasked with developing 3 justifications for that solution - one through consequence, one through principle, and one through either precedent or analogy. Because you will need three answers for each, you will end up with 15 answers total.

EXAMPLE:

Solution: Spanking Children should be made illegal

Justification through Principle: because it is wrong to cause bodily pain to children

Justification through Consequence: because it teaches children that it is ok to hit someone out of anger

Justification through Analogy: because spanking a child is like banging your fists against a wall - it relieves your anger but turns the child into an object

JUSTIFY THE FOLLOWING SOLUTIONS:

1. Problem: How to improve school? Solution: The school year should be extended to eleven months.

2. Problem: How to reduce obesity in our city? Solution: Our city should require all restaurants to post the calorie content of every menu item.

3. Problem: How do we reduce mass shootings? Solution: Federal law should ban large ammunition clips for automatic weapons.

4. Problem: How do we reduce overcrowding in federal prisons? Solution: The federal government should legalize marijuana.

5. Problem: How do we reduce our carbon footprint? Solution: The federal government should enact a substantially increased tax on gasoline.

Answer 1

1. Problem: How to improve school? Solution: The school year should be extended to eleven months.

Justification through principle: The school will function better since more time will be given for resolving issues

Justification through consequence: More time will lead to less chaos

Justification through analogy: More working hours may also tend to improve employee performance & efficient management in order to get the holidays again.

2. Problem: How to reduce obesity in our city? Solution: Our city should require all restaurants to post the calorie content of every menu item.

Justification through principle: Calorie count may lead a person to choose more wisely

Justification throuh consequence: People will make choices in accordance to their calorie intake of previous days/week to create a balance

Justification through analogy: Awareness leads to better management of own self.

3. Problem: How do we reduce mass shootings? Solution: Federal law should ban large ammunition clips for automatic weapons.

Justification through principle: The legal ban will lead to reduction of mass shootings

Justification through consequence: Absence of large ammunition clips for automatic weapons will lead to lesser possibility of mass shootings

Justification through analogy: Less weapons means less mass shooting

4. Problem: How do we reduce overcrowding in federal prisons? Solution: The federal government should legalize marijuana.

Justification through principle: Legalization will lead to lesser imprisonment

Justification throuh consequence: When the drug is legal, lesser people will be overcrowd the federal prisons

Justification through analogy: Legalization may also reduce breaking of law and order

5. Problem: How do we reduce our carbon footprint? Solution: The federal government should enact a substantially increased tax on gasoline.

Justification through principle: More taxation would reduce the demand & therefore the supply

Justification throuh consequence: Mindful usage may start taking place

Justification through analogy: Greater taxation will have a definite impact on consumption rate & therefore more efficient use.