philosophyfromA Philosopher's Blog2 weeks ago"My Body, My Choice": Pro-Choice & Anti-Vaccine Analogy, RevisitedAnalogies equating abortion choice with vaccine refusal must be evaluated on relevant similarities and differences before inferring equal political support.
philosophyfromA Philosopher's Blog2 weeks agoThe Mask Mandate & Voter Laws Analogy, RevisitedAnalogical arguments require genuinely relevant similarities; superficial resemblances produce invalid or unsupported conclusions.
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philosophyfromA Philosopher's Blog5 months agoMigration & the Abortion AnalogyAnalogical arguments can effectively draw comparisons for moral reasoning by establishing similarities and leveraging existing moral judgments.