Debate: Can Companies Be Trusted?
Volkswagen's vast cheating on emissions tests has been called proof that stronger regulation is needed.

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies will use any means necessary to be competitive.
Warrant 0: companies will compete to make shareholders money
Warrant 1: companies will compete to steal the shareholders money
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies want to be held to more lose standards than the average citizen.
Warrant 0: some are run by trustworthy people
Warrant 1: some are not run by trustworthy people
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies cheat regulations
Warrant 0: the worst offenders are not punished
Warrant 1: the worst offenders are punished
Correct warrant: 0