Homework $4-$Basic Argument Analysis

Read each argument. Then, for each sentence in italics, answer the following questions:

Does the claim function in the argument as an unsupported premise, as a supported premise, as the conclusion of the argument, or as neither premise nor conclusion $($NPNC$)?$

Is the claim being made explicitly, implicitly, or not at all? An implicit claim is a part of the argument that goes unstated.

Is it a conceptual claim, an empirical claim, or an evaluative claim?

Since morals have an influence on actions and emotions, it follows that morals cannot be derived entirely from reason; because reason alone can never influence actions and emotions.

Reason cannot by itself give rise to morals.

$\backslash$table$[[$unsupported premise,explicitly,conceptual claim$],[$supported premise,implicitly,empirical claim$],[$conclusion$,$not at all,evaluative claim$],[$NPNC$,,]]$

By itself, reason can have no influence on actions and emotions.

unsupported premise

explicitly

conceptual claim

supported premise implicitly empirical claim

conclusion

not at all evaluative claim

NPNC