I am almost positive that i am going to write my fianl paper on aparthied diamonds. Many if not most of our diamonds come from countries which enslave their population in order to mine them.
Questions:
1) Why would someone want to wear a diamond mined by slaves?
2) Does it really concern the person who decides to?
3) What can be done about the problem?
The Rogerian approach to arguments is fairly interesting. To find a common ground between two arguments the people involved will first have to put their differneces aside. This would make for a far less stressful argument. It may also make it a little more civilized. It seems to me that this type of argument isn’t necessrily used for persuasion, though. Rogerian style is more suitible for an area that must be resolved. If it is necessary for two sides to come to an agreement Rogerian style would be the best to use. However, when it comes to persuasion I feel that it is important to stand behind your ideals and be defensive when they are attacked. You need to protect your convictions in order to let other people know the seriousness of what you are saying. If you fold then your argument lacks validity. Rogerian style is good to keep the civility in an argument, but all in all it seems to me that it would ultimately take away from the spirit of it.