In recent years, Braeburn Corporation has seen lagging sales of its food products. Just a few of the many food products Braeburn sells are soy products. Soy products have been shown to reduce rates of cancer. Because people care about reducing their risk of cancer, Braeburn should increase manufacturing of soy products. This will help Braeburn Corporation improve sales and increase profits.
The argument claims that Braeburn Corporation has seen lagging sales of its food products. Stated this way the argument fails to mention several key factors on the basis of which it could be evaluated, and reveals examples of leap of faith and poor reasoning. The conclusion of the argument relies on assumptions for which there is no clear evidence. Hence, the argument is unconvincing and has several flaws.
First, the argument readily assumes that a few of the many food products Braeburn sells are soy products. This statement is a stretch and not substantiated in any way. For example,Soy products have been shown to reduce rates of cancer. The argument could be much clearer if it explicitly stated that people care about reducing their risk of cancer, Braeburn should increase manufacturing of soy products. This will help Braeburn Corporation improve sales and increase profits.
Second, the argument claims that people care about reducing their risk of cancer, Braeburn should increase manufacturing of soy products. This is again a very weak and unsupported claim as the argument does not demonstrate any correlation between Soy products have been shown to reduce rates of cancer and people care about reducing their risk of cancer. To illustrate Soy products have been shown to reduce rates of cancer . While people care about reducing their risk of cancer, Braeburn should increase manufacturing of soy products. If the argument had provided evidence that Braeburn Corporation improve sales and increase profits, then the argument would have been a lot more convincing.
Finally This will help Braeburn Corporation improve sales and increase profits. will help Braeburn Corporation improve sales and increase profits.
Without convincing answers to these questions, one is left with the impression that the claim is more to a wishful thinking rather than substantive evidence.
In conclusion, the argument is flawed for the above-mentioned reasons and is therefore unconvincing. It could be considerably strengthened if the author clearly mentioned all the relevant facts. In order to access the merits of a certain situation, it is essential to have full knowledge of all contributing factors.