Deforestation in the Amazon
The Common Topic of Conjecture
1. What exists?
Amazon rainforest in the Amazon Basin of South America
2. What does not exist?
Huge amounts of land are being cleared every year, and species of animals are becoming extinct every day.
3. The size or extent of what exists.
The size of the Amazon is 5,500,000 km².
4. How things used to be (past conjecture).
The Amazon rainforest was approximately 6,200,000 km² is the early 1990s.
5. How things will be in the future (future conjecture).
The size of the Amazon will continue to decrease rapidly unless serious action is taken against deforestation.
The Common Topic of Degree
1. What is greater than the mean or norm?
Conditions in the rainforest were better when land was not being cleared for logging, agriculture, and urban expansion.
2. What is lesser then the mean or norm?
Conditions will continue to worsen unless action is taken.
3. What is relatively greater then something else?
Although conditions will not likely show great improvement at first, measures can be taken that will gradually decrease deforestation in the Amazon resulting in conditions that are relatively better then in the past.
4. What is relatively lesser then something else?
Deforestation rates are worse in Brazil, one of the countries where the Amazon rainforest is located, then in other South American countries.
5. What is good, just, beautiful, honorable, enjoyable, etc.
The Amazon rainforest is a beautiful place that is full of biodiversity. It is the honorable and just thing to do to help prevent deforestation so that the diversity of species can flourish.
6. What is better, more just, etc.
It is better to prevent the killing of innocent animals then to destroy their ecosystems for our own benefit.
7. What is less good, less just, etc.
It is less just to overlook deforestation so that we can have more room for agriculture and urban development.
8. What is good, etc., for all persons?
It is good for all persons to become active in the movement to stop deforestation.
9. What is good, etc., for a few persons or groups?
Some people may think that deforestation is beneficial because it provides more land for their industries. However, deforestation is not beneficial for all persons.
10. What has been better, etc., in the past?
Had we stopped deforestation in the past, we would not have lost the amount of land or the species of animals that are gone today.
11. What will be better, etc., in the future?
It is best to take action against deforestation now to provide for a better future.
The Common Topic of Possibility
1. What is possible?
It is possible to take action to help prevent deforestation in the future.
2. What is impossible?
It is impossible to undo the deforestation that has already happened.
3. What is more or less possible?
It is more or less possible to inform industries of the harm they are inflicting on the rainforest and discourage them from continuing their actions.
4. What is possible in the future?
It is possible to save species of animals that would have become extinct.
5. What is impossible in the future?
It is more or less impossible to prevent all industries from continuing destructive behaviors.
6. What was possible or impossible in the past?
It was possible to have helped prevent the deforestation that has already occurred.
The Common Topic of Conjecture
1. What exists?
Amazon rainforest in the Amazon Basin of South America
2. What does not exist?
Huge amounts of land are being cleared every year, and species of animals are becoming extinct every day.
3. The size or extent of what exists.
The size of the Amazon is 5,500,000 km².
4. How things used to be (past conjecture).
The Amazon rainforest was approximately 6,200,000 km² is the early 1990s.
5. How things will be in the future (future conjecture).
The size of the Amazon will continue to decrease rapidly unless serious action is taken against deforestation.
The Common Topic of Degree
1. What is greater than the mean or norm?
Conditions in the rainforest were better when land was not being cleared for logging, agriculture, and urban expansion.
2. What is lesser then the mean or norm?
Conditions will continue to worsen unless action is taken.
3. What is relatively greater then something else?
Although conditions will not likely show great improvement at first, measures can be taken that will gradually decrease deforestation in the Amazon resulting in conditions that are relatively better then in the past.
4. What is relatively lesser then something else?
Deforestation rates are worse in Brazil, one of the countries where the Amazon rainforest is located, then in other South American countries.
5. What is good, just, beautiful, honorable, enjoyable, etc.
The Amazon rainforest is a beautiful place that is full of biodiversity. It is the honorable and just thing to do to help prevent deforestation so that the diversity of species can flourish.
6. What is better, more just, etc.
It is better to prevent the killing of innocent animals then to destroy their ecosystems for our own benefit.
7. What is less good, less just, etc.
It is less just to overlook deforestation so that we can have more room for agriculture and urban development.
8. What is good, etc., for all persons?
It is good for all persons to become active in the movement to stop deforestation.
9. What is good, etc., for a few persons or groups?
Some people may think that deforestation is beneficial because it provides more land for their industries. However, deforestation is not beneficial for all persons.
10. What has been better, etc., in the past?
Had we stopped deforestation in the past, we would not have lost the amount of land or the species of animals that are gone today.
11. What will be better, etc., in the future?
It is best to take action against deforestation now to provide for a better future.
The Common Topic of Possibility
1. What is possible?
It is possible to take action to help prevent deforestation in the future.
2. What is impossible?
It is impossible to undo the deforestation that has already happened.
3. What is more or less possible?
It is more or less possible to inform industries of the harm they are inflicting on the rainforest and discourage them from continuing their actions.
4. What is possible in the future?
It is possible to save species of animals that would have become extinct.
5. What is impossible in the future?
It is more or less impossible to prevent all industries from continuing destructive behaviors.
6. What was possible or impossible in the past?
It was possible to have helped prevent the deforestation that has already occurred.
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