In Four Freedoms, when Roosevelt describes four freedoms (speech, worship, lack of want, and lack of fear) to support his claim that more taxes will need to be paid, he is using

Roosevelt connects the need to pay more taxes to protecting the four freedoms. Those freedoms give a rationale for his claim that higher taxes are necessary, so he is using reasons. They are not evidence such as data or examples proving the claim.

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