The only agency relationships that the courts should recognize are those created by agreement. Agency relationships are like contracts. There must be a meeting of the minds in order for a contract to be valid, and this standard ought also to apply to agency relationships. The author of this passage relies heavily on analogies in his reasoning. Locate these analogies and evaluate how reasonable they are. (Remember, the way to evaluate an analogy is to state ways in which the two things being compared are similar, and then to state ways in which they are different.)
1. What is the author’s conclusion, and with what reasons does he support it?
2. Is there any additional information that would aid you in your task of evaluating this argument?
3. State an argument that is the opposite of the one set out by the author here.