As an opponent in value argumentation, you have the strategic option of challenging the advocate's criteria. In using this strategy, which of the following could you NOT do?
(a) Challenge the advocate's definition of the value object as either including elements she failed to consider, or excluding elements that she erroneously included.
(b) Challenge the appropriateness of the advocate's criteria as "good" measures of effect, significance, and inherency.
(c) Challenge the appropriateness of the advocate's criteria on the basis that they are too unusual or that they are more appropriate for measuring some other value object.
(d) Provide better, more appropriate, criteria for measuring the value object.
A
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Hector's persuasive speech contained the following statement:Reducing the problem of bullying will require a combination of measures. To begin with, school personnel need to be trained to recognize the signs of bullying and to respond appropriately. In addition, students need to be reminded that bullying is everybody's problem and that every student has a responsibility to report it to school officials. Finally, parents and teachers need to know how to empower students with appropriate ways to respond when they find themselves victims of bullying.Which of the three basic issues of persuasive speeches on questions of policy did Hector address in this excerpt?
A. problem B. plan C. need D. practicality E. visualization