I will be discussing analogies in the law. First, we should know what an analogy is. As I found in the dictionary, “an analogy is a similarity between like features of two things, on which acomparison may be based: the analogy between the heartand a pump”.These analogies are presented in a very detailed manor so that we can carefully analyze them as arguments. This makes them more serious and reliable than other arguments. Law is very serious but laws can be vague at the same time. Here is an example from the book:
Basically, the Supreme Court has decided that it is a constitutional right for a doctor to stop giving medical treatment to someone who is going to die if that individual wishes so. This is basically saying that it is okay to assist someone to commit suicide. This is an example of two similar situations that are an example of analogies in Law.
I really liked how you described the example you found in the book. You showed how sometimes the law which we re supposed to follow is often very vague and can contradict with a lot of morals and values people hold such as the government assistance with suicide. You broke down the topic very well staring from what an analogy is which would make this subject easy for people who have not read the section to understand. I think it would have been helpful if you gave another example just to show another way analogies in the law can be vague.
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