Order Description
Part 1
(a) Summarize Chapter 14 of the textbook: “The Insanity Defense”. In this summary, you should indicate the main claim or claims defended in the text, as well as the main arguments given in support of these claims.

(b) Respond critically to something Watson says. There are two ways you can do this (do ONE OR OTHER, not both):

(i) If you disagree with some claim that Watson defends, then you can give a counterargument, that is, an argument for the opposite conclusion. Try to give an argument that might convince someone who initially shares Watson’s view.

OR

(ii) If you think some argument Watson gives is unpersuasive, explain why this is so. Do you think the argument is invalid (i.e., that the conclusion doesn’t follow from the premises)? Or do you think that the argument is unsound because it rests on a false premise? Explain your answer.

Order Description
Part 1
(a) Summarize Chapter 14 of the textbook: “The Insanity Defense”. In this summary, you should indicate the main claim or claims defended in the text, as well as the main arguments given in support of these claims.

(b) Respond critically to something Watson says. There are two ways you can do this (do ONE OR OTHER, not both):

(i) If you disagree with some claim that Watson defends, then you can give a counterargument, that is, an argument for the opposite conclusion. Try to give an argument that might convince someone who initially shares Watson’s view.

OR

(ii) If you think some argument Watson gives is unpersuasive, explain why this is so. Do you think the argument is invalid (i.e., that the conclusion doesn’t follow from the premises)? Or do you think that the argument is unsound because it rests on a false premise? Explain your answer.