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Final Capstone Project Hidekazu Nishimura School of Professional Studies CUNY PHIL 110 Michael Fitzgerald May 21, 2023

Step #1: Choose one of the three following mediums to initially present your argumentative position or basic thesis. Choice A asks you to first compose a tweet, such as the Dalai Lama’s tweet found in Unit 11. The tweet should be related to your topic (gun violence, immigration, or #MeToo) and no longer than 280 characters. The tweet should creatively express your thesis. The republicans insist that lack of mental health care is the cause of mass shootings, yet they constantly vote against making it affordable and available to all. And veterans, who really need great care, like this man, are completely screwed. We need mental health care for all! https://twitter.com/RMGaustad/status/1658659131916701696?s=20 Republicans blame mental health issues for gun violence. So, where’s the money for care? Opinion | Republicans blame mental health issues for gun violence. So where’s the money for care? - The Washington Post I regard the argument as symbol of the distortion of guns and laws in the U.S. society. Republicans for insisting that lack of mental health care is the cause of mass shootings, while allegedly voting against making mental health care affordable and accessible. It highlights the plight of veterans in need of quality mental health care and advocates for mental health care for all. To deepen and expand upon the argument from the tweet, I bring an article which provides a more detailed exploration of the issue and presents specific examples. The article discusses this issue more broadly, arguing that despite Republicans, particularly Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, blaming gun violence on mental health issues, the state of Texas ranks last in access to mental health care. The article criticizes Texas' refusal to expand Medicaid and Abbott's decision to redirect funds away from mental health programs. Both the tweet and the article call attention to what they see as a contradiction in the Republican stance: attributing gun violence to mental health issues but failing to adequately support the necessary mental health care solutions. This inconsistency is a significant point in both arguments, suggesting a need for policy alignment and real action to address both mental health and gun violence. Step #2: Present your extended argument After you’ve creatively rendered your basic position in the medium of your choice (a tweet, dialogue, or images/charts), reconstruct your argument in one of the following ways: a. in standard form (P1, P2, etc., /C); b. as an argument map/diagram (see Unit 2.2 video). P1: Republicans argue that lack of mental health care is the cause of mass shootings.

P2: These same Republicans consistently vote against policies that make mental health care affordable and available to all. P3: Veterans, who are in significant need of mental health care, are not receiving the care they need. P4: Access to mental health care can potentially mitigate instances of gun violence. C: Therefore, we need mental health care to be available and affordable for all. Step #3: Evaluate your argument using the criteria best suited to it. a. If it's an inductive generalization or statistical syllogism, use the criteria of sample size, comprehensiveness, and randomness b. If it's a causal argument, decide if its premises support a correlation between the proposed cause and the proposed effect, or if its premises are sufficient, necessary, or merely contributory conditions for its conclusion c. If it's an analogical argument, determine if the comparative features are sufficiently similar and if there are enough similarities to justify the comparison d. if it’s a deduction, test for validity and the truth of the premise. P1: Republicans argue that lack of mental health care is the cause of mass shootings. P2: These same Republicans consistently vote against policies that make mental health care affordable and available to all. P3: Veterans, who are in significant need of mental health care, are not receiving the care they need. P4: Access to mental health care can potentially mitigate instances of gun violence. The P1 directly states that there is a link between mental health care and mass shootings, suggesting a correlation. The fourth premise (P4) also supports this correlation by suggesting that access to mental health care could help reduce gun violence. C P1 P4 P3 P2

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