Warranting Assent

Acknowledgments Introduction PART 1. EPISTEMOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ARGUMENT EVALUATION 1. Evaluate Criteria for Conspiracy Arguments: The Case of KAL 007 Marilyn J. Young and Michael K. Launer 2. Narrative Reframing of Public Argument: George Bush's Handling of the Persian Gulf Conflict Carol K. Winkler 3. The Failure of Argument in Decisions Leading to the "Challenger Disaster": A Two-Level Analysis Dennis S. Gouran PART 2. AXIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ARGUMENT EVALUATION 4. Aligning Ethicality and Effectiveness in Arguments: Advocating Inclusiveness Percentages for the New Lutheran Church Kathryn M. Olson 5. An Ethical Appraisal of Ronald Reagan's Justification for the Invasion of Grenada Ralph E. Dowling and Gabrielle A. Ginder 6. "I Respectfully Dissent": The Ethics of Dissent in Justice O'Connor's Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC Opinion Jeffrey L. Courtright PART 3. IDEOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ARGUMENT EVALUATION 7. Ideology and Argument Evaluation: Competing Axiologies in the Sanctuary Trial Kathryn M. Olson and Clark D. Olson 8. Arguing about Fetal "versus" Women's Rights: An Ideological Evaluation Mary Keehner 9. Public Policy Argumentation and Colonialist Ideology in the Post-Cold War Era Rebecca S. Bjork PART 4. ALTERNATIVE EVALUATIONS OF THE FINAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S COMMISSION ON PORNOGRAPHY 10. Examining an Argument by Cause: The Weak Link Between Pornography and Violence in the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography Final Report Ian Fielding 11. Survivor Testimony in the Pornography Controversy: Assessing Credibility in the Minneapolis Hearings and the Attorney General's Report Catherine Helen Palczewski 12. Constituting Publics and Reconstructing Public Spheres: The Meese Commission's Report on Pornography Gerard A. Hauser About the Contributors Notes Name Index Subject Index