Question: Consider the argument below and then say which answer shows the argument to be invalid. It is a common misconception that Napoleon Bonaparte was a
Consider the argument below and then say which answer shows the argument to be invalid.
It is a common misconception that Napoleon Bonaparte was a warmonger.
That he was not is proved by the fact th more wars were declared against him than he himself declared on others.
Napoleon did declare more wars than were declared against him.
Even if it were true that he was a warmonger it would not have to be true that more wars were declared against him than he declared. In fact, if he were a warmonger it would be likely that he declared the vast majority of the wars in which he was involved.
None of these.
It is possible for one to be a warmonger even if more wars are declared against him than he declared. For example, it could be that the declarations against him all resulted from his instigations or prior military actions.
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