Student #1: There’s no point in trying to fight climate change as individuals. Governments need to get involved and start taking it seriously.
Student #2: Governments should have gotten involved a long time ago, but I still think it’s important for every person to do what they can. The most important thing is that we make progress.
In the context of this conversation, which claim most warrants justification?
(1 point)
Responses
Governments need to get involved and start taking it seriously.
Governments need to get involved and start taking it seriously.
There’s no point in trying to fight climate change as individuals.
There’s no point in trying to fight climate change as individuals.
The most important thing is that we make progress.
The most important thing is that we make progress.
Governments should have gotten involved a long time ago.
1 answer
The claim that most warrants justification is:
There’s no point in trying to fight climate change as individuals.
This claim is quite definitive and dismisses individual efforts entirely, which requires more support and rationale. Student #1 needs to justify why individual actions are futile in the context of addressing climate change, making this claim the one that needs to be substantiated the most.
