Homework Help: philosophy

Posted by Claudia on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 4:00pm.

Supply the missing premise or conclusion of the ff. enthymeme in such a way that the resulting syllogism is valid. Write the resulting syllogism in standard form and test it for validity using a Venn diagram. What things would you take into account in evaluating it?

Question:

Legislation that can't be enforced leads to disrespect for the law, so legislation making marijuana possession a criminal offense leads to disrespect for the law.

What i came up with is..

Legislation that cannot be enforced are disrespect for the law.
All marijuana possession are disrespect for the law.
Therefore, disrespect for the law are legislation that cannot be enforced.

And what i would take into account is Legislation that cannot be enforced, marijuana possession.

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