Warranting Assent: Case Studies in Argument Evaluation Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. 1	Epistemological Approaches to Argument Evaluation
Ch. 1	Evaluative Criteria for Conspiracy Arguments: The Case of KAL 007	3
Ch. 2	Narrative Reframing of Public Argument: George Bush's Handling of the Persian Gulf Conflict	33
Ch. 3	The Failure of Argument in Decisions Leading to the "Challenger Disaster": A Two-Level Analysis	57
Pt. 2	Axiological Approaches to Argument Evaluation
Ch. 4	Aligning Ethicality and Effectiveness in Arguments: Advocating Inclusiveness Percentages for the New Lutheran Church	81
Ch. 5	An Ethical Appraisal of Ronald Reagan's Justification for the Invasion of Grenada	103
Ch. 6	"I Respectfully Dissent": The Ethics of Dissent in Justice O'Connor's Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC Opinion	125
Pt. 3	Ideological Approaches to Argument Evaluation
Ch. 7	Ideology and Argument Evaluation: Competing Axiologies in the Sanctuary Trial	155
Ch. 8	Arguing about Fetal "versus" Women's Rights: An Ideological Evaluation	193
Ch. 9	Public Policy Argumentation and Colonialist Ideology in the Post-Cold War Era	211
Pt. 4	Alternative Evaluations of the Final Report of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography
Ch. 10	Examining an Argument by Cause: The Weak Link Between Pornography and Violence in the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography Final Report	239
Ch. 11	Survivor Testimony in the Pornography Controversy: Assessing Credibility in the Minneapolis Hearings and the Attorney General's Report	257
Ch. 12	Constituting Publics and Reconstructing Public Spheres: The Meese Commission's Report on Pornography	283
	About the Contributors	311
	Notes	315
	Name Index	323
	Subject Index	327