Arguments Against Mandatory Paid Leave

Intro: Hello, I'm Josie Taylor, apart of the proposition team along with Hayley, Jess, and Gabby. We are defending the topic the “Public Advocacy about mandatory paid parental leave should rely on scientific and economic arguments”

Definitions: To clear all that up, I’m going to define some of the words in that statement.
First off we have public advocacy
We defined public based off the words of Habermas as “when citizens act as a public when they deal with matter of general interest without being subject to coercion
Then based off the definition given by Merriam Webster, “Advocacy is the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal
So basically the proposition defined Public Advocacy as, when citizens act as public when they enter a …show more content…
A scientific argument is a process that scientists follow to guide their research activities
Economic Arguments
Arguments based on money, production, and profitability
The proposition also wants to put emphasis on the ‘should’ of the topic. We are not saying that any other type of argument is irrelevant but instead that the scientific and economic arguments should take precedence.

How Does this apply/rely on: We believe that public advocacy about mandatory paid leave should rely on scientific and economic arguments based on a number of reasons

Firstly, we believe that the scientific and economic arguments reach the three most important type of audiences (state audiences) We thought these were the most important type of audiences because they are the ones that have most affect on the paid leave policy
The General Public
The general public is of the most important audience impacted by these arguments because the general public can be convince by scientific studies proving the benefits to commonly shared values. Such as family, protecting future generation, equality and much