Suppose you work in retail sales for an international clothing company. A perk of the job is an employee discount of 25 percent on all merchandise you purchase for personal use. Your cousin, who is always looking for a bargain, approaches you in the store one day and implores you to give him your employee discount on a $100 purchase of clothes for himself.

Critical Thinking

• How would you handle this situation and why?
• Would it matter if the relative were someone closer to you, perhaps a brother or sister?
• If so, why?

- Now that you answered it for yourself, take the opposite approach to this solution and answer:

How would someone who comes to the opposite conclusion as you argue that their position is correct and that the position you took is wrong?

Can we use the same terms/concepts from the textbook to argue from two opposite perspectives?