Mohammed, Dima2026-01-152026-01-1520162371-8323PURE: 4240206PURE UUID: e86af889-c920-4c0c-9464-92758a594654http://hdl.handle.net/10362/199227SFRH/BPD/76149/2011 UID/FIL/00183/2013What counts as a good defence of the conduct of a political agent? I formulate an answer combining insightsfrom argumentation scholarship on the different types of standpoints and the schemes suitable to defend them withinsights from philosophical literature (fact vs. value, theoretical vs. practical reasoning … etc). The goal is to make aproposal that is best suitable for examining the type of evaluative claims that is typically discussed in accountabilitypractices.14387437engaccountabilityargument from signconductive argumentevaluative claimevaluative adjectivesfactvalue distinctionsymptomatic argumenttype of standpointjournal articlehttps://scholar.uwindsor.ca/ossaarchive/OSSA11/papersandcommentaries/116/