Learning Team Toulmin Analysis Body Paragraphs
Learning Team Toulmin Analysis
Team A Contributors: Allison Cloutier, Christopher Etheridge, Genevieve Thompson, and Dionna Mark
ENG/215
October 17, 2011
PHILIP SCHUNK
Body Paragraphs
Crichton makes the claim that environmentalism is becoming one of the most influential
religions in the Western world. He presents the idea that environmentalists are religious fanatics who
are making extreme predictions for the Earth’s future.
Crichton does a minimal job at supporting his claim with reason. He begins his reasoning with
references to Judeo-Christian beliefs. He mentions Biblical ideas and relates them to the ideas
prevalent in environmentalism. Crichton also mentions Eden as the idea of a paradise and innocence. …show more content…
He mentions indigenous tribes and their murdering brutality and
cannibalism to prove that there is no Eden. He discusses how nature is brutal and people who do not
believe that have not experienced living with nature. Crichton discusses how average modern citizens
would not last if they exposed themselves to real nature. He says people would rather enjoy nature
from a cabin or a rafting trip. People not experienced in true nature would fall into sickness and
starvation.
Crichton also supports his claim with the reasoning that global warming and environmentalism,
like religion, have no credible evidence to support them. He makes a list of statements arguing the
major claims of environmentalism. For instance, DDT should not have been banned because it does
not kill birds. He says second-hand smoke is not hazardous to health. He says that the evidence for
global warming is weak and discusses how Antarctic ice is growing instead of shrinking and that the
Sahara desert is shrinking instead of expanding. He also argues that there is no way to combat the rise
of carbon dioxide in this century. Although Crichton mentions a couple of sources including New
Team A Contributors: Allison Cloutier, Christopher Etheridge, Genevieve Thompson, and Dionna Mark
ENG/215
October 17, 2011
PHILIP SCHUNK
Body Paragraphs
Crichton makes the claim that environmentalism is becoming one of the most influential
religions in the Western world. He presents the idea that environmentalists are religious fanatics who
are making extreme predictions for the Earth’s future.
Crichton does a minimal job at supporting his claim with reason. He begins his reasoning with
references to Judeo-Christian beliefs. He mentions Biblical ideas and relates them to the ideas
prevalent in environmentalism. Crichton also mentions Eden as the idea of a paradise and innocence. …show more content…
He mentions indigenous tribes and their murdering brutality and
cannibalism to prove that there is no Eden. He discusses how nature is brutal and people who do not
believe that have not experienced living with nature. Crichton discusses how average modern citizens
would not last if they exposed themselves to real nature. He says people would rather enjoy nature
from a cabin or a rafting trip. People not experienced in true nature would fall into sickness and
starvation.
Crichton also supports his claim with the reasoning that global warming and environmentalism,
like religion, have no credible evidence to support them. He makes a list of statements arguing the
major claims of environmentalism. For instance, DDT should not have been banned because it does
not kill birds. He says second-hand smoke is not hazardous to health. He says that the evidence for
global warming is weak and discusses how Antarctic ice is growing instead of shrinking and that the
Sahara desert is shrinking instead of expanding. He also argues that there is no way to combat the rise
of carbon dioxide in this century. Although Crichton mentions a couple of sources including New