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Critical Question: Are there rival causes?
Each of the following examples provides an argument to support
a causal claim. Try to generate rival causes for such claims.
Then try to determine how much you have weakened the
author's claim by knowledge of rival causes.
Passage 2
Why did the postal worker go berserk and kill those six
employees? The answer is provided by a close look at his
childhood. He lost his mother when he was 8, and his father
often physically abused him. Also, he grew up in the shadow of
more successful older siblings. As a child he had a difficult
time making friends and had trouble establishing a sexual
identity. Then, as an adult he drifted from job to job, while
developing increasingly bizarre fantasies. Eventually, the post
office became a symbol of the society that had caused his
failures. To become "somebody," he ultimately turned to
violence.

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Critical Question Are there rival causesEach of the following ex.docx

  • 1. Critical Question: Are there rival causes? Each of the following examples provides an argument to support a causal claim. Try to generate rival causes for such claims. Then try to determine how much you have weakened the author's claim by knowledge of rival causes. Passage 2 Why did the postal worker go berserk and kill those six employees? The answer is provided by a close look at his childhood. He lost his mother when he was 8, and his father often physically abused him. Also, he grew up in the shadow of more successful older siblings. As a child he had a difficult time making friends and had trouble establishing a sexual identity. Then, as an adult he drifted from job to job, while developing increasingly bizarre fantasies. Eventually, the post office became a symbol of the society that had caused his failures. To become "somebody," he ultimately turned to violence.