State the new version of the argument in standard form, adding any other premises needed to complete the reasoning (meaning to make it valid).

Creating a Sound Argument Workshop

Prior to completing this assignment, read the Week 2 Instructor Guidance and watch the videos, What Is a Valid Argument? and How to Make a Sound Deductive Argument

These reasons are the premises of your argument.

Conclusion: Capital punishment is not morally acceptable.

State the new premise (or premises) that would be needed in order to make this argument valid.

Discuss whether the new premise is true (in your view) and why.

State the new version of the argument in standard form, adding any other premises needed to complete the reasoning (meaning to make it valid).

Discuss whether the new argument is deductively valid and whether all of its premises are true.