The passage below makes a moral IBE argument. Do the following:
-First, represent the argument in standard form using the General Form of IBE.
-Second, evaluate premise 2 of the Principle Justification Sub-argument by suggesting an opposing alternative principle that explains the paradigm cases.
The passage:
If we look outside our own culture, it is easy to recognize instances in which removing statues and other honorific monuments was clearly the right thing to do. After World War II, it was appropriate for Germans to remove statues of Hitler. It would have been wrong to leave them up. Similarly with cities, parks, and schools named after Stalin. It would have been wrong for the Soviet government not to change the names of those places after the end of his reign. Similarly with statues of Saddam Hussein. After the fall of his regime, it was appropriate for Iraqis to remove his statues, and it would have been wrong to leave them up.
When we look at these uncontroversial historical examples, two points in particular are salient. First, these are all three men who carried out grave injustices. Second, leaving those statues and monuments in place would continue to confer honor and esteem on them. (That is, after all, why these monuments were established in the first place.) Once we've recognized these salient points, it is easier to explain exactly why these statues needed to come down: it is morally wrong to confer honor and esteem on people who have carried out grave injustices. That is why it would be morally wrong to maintain monuments that confer honor upon Hitler, Stalin, and Hussein.
Now, let us turn our attention closer to home, to the issue of monuments to Confederate generals and soldiers who fought against America during the US Civil War. There is no doubt that these men carried out grave injustices-they fought a war in defense of racial slavery. And there is no doubt that monuments to these men, like all monuments, confer honor and esteem upon them. We should apply to monuments of our own the same moral principle that we correctly apply to monuments to Hitler, Stalin, and Hussein. It is morally wrong to maintain statues of Confederate soldiers.

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The Answer of The passage below makes a moral IBE argument. Do the following:
-First, represent the argument in standard form using the General Form of IBE.
-Second, evaluate premise 2 of the Principle Justification Sub-argument by suggesting an opposing alternative principle that explains the paradigm cases.
The passage:
If we look outside our own culture, it is easy to recognize instances in which removing statues and other honorific monuments was clearly the right thing to do. After World War II, it was appropriate for Germans to remove statues of Hitler. It would have been wrong to leave them up. Similarly with cities, parks, and schools named after Stalin. It would have been wrong for the Soviet government not to change the names of those places after the end of his reign. Similarly with statues of Saddam Hussein. After the fall of his regime, it was appropriate for Iraqis to remove his statues, and it would have been wrong to leave them up.
When we look at these uncontroversial historical examples, two points in particular are salient. First, these are all three men who carried out grave injustices. Second, leaving those statues and monuments in place would continue to confer honor and esteem on them. (That is, after all, why these monuments were established in the first place.) Once we've recognized these salient points, it is easier to explain exactly why these statues needed to come down: it is morally wrong to confer honor and esteem on people who have carried out grave injustices. That is why it would be morally wrong to maintain monuments that confer honor upon Hitler, Stalin, and Hussein.
Now, let us turn our attention closer to home, to the issue of monuments to Confederate generals and soldiers who fought against America during the US Civil War. There is no doubt that these men carried out grave injustices-they fought a war in defense of racial slavery. And there is no doubt that monuments to these men, like all monuments, confer honor and esteem upon them. We should apply to monuments of our own the same moral principle that we correctly apply to monuments to Hitler, Stalin, and Hussein. It is morally wrong to maintain statues of Confederate soldiers.

The Passage Below Makes a Moral IBE Argument