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Read this passage and answer the questions below. Respond in bullet-point form and number your answers "Rights are either God-given or evolve out of the democratic process, which is based on the ability of people to agree on a social contract or to make and keep agreements. Animals cannot possibly reach such an agreement with other creatures. Therefore they cannot be said to have rights. Furthermore, the rights of an individual depend on the capacity of the individual to make and apply moral laws. Animals don't have the capacity to make and apply moral laws; therefore, animals don't have rights." 1. What is the issue? What is the writer's conclusion regarding the issue? 2. What are the premises? You can cut and paste each claim that serves as a premise for the author's conclusion. 3. Does the argument contain fallacies? If so, where is the faulty reasoning? If you are unsure of the name of the fallacy, explain why you think the example you cite is a fallacy - that is, what is the faulty reasoning, or the unsound argument, or the misleading argument or statement? 4. Are any assumptions found? What are they? Are they warranted? 5. Is the argument more like an inductive or a deductive argument? If inductive, is it strong or weak? If deductive, is it sound or unsound. Briefly give your reasoning.