2. Get ready

Read the following argument and the reactions to it. Each reaction includes an obstacle to critical thinking.

Argument: Quest can increase tour sales by promoting Italian tours more aggressively.

Reactions:

1. Remember that tour to Italy that was such a disaster? Our group was even caught in the middle of an earthquake! I dont think we should promote the Italian tours at alltheyre dangerous.

2. Quest should actually keep a low profile throughout Europe. If we call attention to our tours, we make our customers targets for criminals.

3. I really think promoting Italian tours is the right solution to Quests problem. And I am usually right.

4. Everyone in the travel business believes that increasing promotion results in increased sales.

3. Now you try it

In the following space, identify the obstacle in each reaction.