Submission of the assignment for Critical thinking: Reasoned decision making

1. TecdeMonterreyX:CT01I.x
Ambrose Lee JenHuei
Critical Thinking:ReasonedDecisionMaking
Part 1 – What are the argumentsof the article inthe Official diary (DOF)?
The argument in the diary is about the rate of obesity in the Mexico population which they believed that
the main cause of it is the sugar amount present in the sugary beverage. They came out with the
decision to increase the tax on sweet beverage on both producers and importer expecting this method
able to reduce the consumption of sugary drink which might result in decreasing obesity rate in Mexico
and ultimatelydecreaseinotherobesity-relateddisease.
Part 2 – What are the consistenciesorinconsistenciesthatyou foundin the document?
The consistencies that I found from the document is that they identified that sugar present inside the
sugary drink and the consumption rate of sugary drink of local people are the main reason of obesity in
which also develop a lot of other potentially serious health condition which included high blood
pressure and cholesterol level. Hence action must be taken in order to decrease the consumption rate of
the sugary drinkand/orthe amountof sugar presentinthe sugarydrink.
The inconsistencies that I found from the document is that instead of targeting the decision maker (the
consumer),theirfinal decisionistotargetthe producerand importer.
Part 3 – What are the bias or errors that you found in arguments (bad arguments, fallacies, omissions,
false inferencesanddeceptive statistic)?
Firstly, it is considered as false inferences because there is no reliable statistic that is shown in the
document as a reference to navigate that the sugar content in the sugary drink is the main cause of
obesity in Mexico.Also, there is no evidence to support that the obesity rate will be decreased when the
tax on the manufacturer, importer and producer increased. Some evidence can be other country /
stated that used the similar method and succeed, run a survey on the local people to determine
whethertheywill still consideringpurchasingsugarydrinkevenif the price increasedetc.
Part 4- Can conclusionbe derivedfromthe arguments?
Due to the wrong identification of the audience / group resulting in proposed solution targeting the
wrong group, it’s hard to draw a conclusion without very good reference and supporting document such
as statisticanddata.
Part 5 – Does the point of viewof the documentis derivedfromresearch?
It is possible that the document is based on research, however the presentation of the document is not
convincing as there is no statistic, data or any other supporting documents to support on the argument
other than identifying that high sugar consumption rate from the sugary drink is the main cause of
obesity in Mexico but not sugar in other substances such as food. Therefore it is also possible that
assumptionhasbeenmade.

2. TecdeMonterreyX:CT01I.x
Ambrose Lee JenHuei
Critical Thinking:ReasonedDecisionMaking
Part 6- In which way are you ordering your own arguments to avoid beingdisperse?
I would read the document multiple times and each time from different perspective to identify some of
the potential cause. After that, I would do some research and come out some reasonable and possible
solving method to solve or minimize the potential cause based on my own knowledge and probably
from other document as reference. Then I will think about the possible consequences and do some
research about how to avoid or minimize the likelihood of the potential consequences. Finally come out
with the most suitable solution and if there is any disagreement from other, I would also further discuss
aboutit to findthe mostsuitable decisionandsolutiontothe problem.