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Re: Free public education is the best form of education there is. Therefor [#permalink]
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Free public education is the best form of education there is. Therefore, we must fight to ensure its continued existence; that is, we must be ready to defend the principle of equality of educational opportunity. Because this principle is we worth defending, it is clear that free public education is better than any other form of education.

Which one of the following illustrates the same weak reasoning as found in the passage?

(A) I love music, and that’s why I listen to it constantly. I have my stereo or radio on every waking minute. Since I play music all the time, I must really love it.

(B) Books are my most valuable possessions. My books are like my friends—each pleases me in different ways. Just as I would give up everything to save my friends, so too with my books.

(C) I would much rather be poor and respected than be rich and despised. To have the respect of others is far more valuable than to have millions of dollars.

(D) I have never been betrayed by any of my friends. They have been true to me through good times and bad. Therefore I will never betray any of my friends.

(E) Because every plant I have ever seen has green leaves, I have concluded that all plants must have green leaves. This looks like a plant but it does not have green leaves, so it cannot be a plant.

If flaw has to be found then only A and E are the contenders, others are fine in reasoning. A is quite straightforward so no need to even go through rest of the choices, however, as process we should.
E has a flawed reasoning. It goes like this:
Every plant I have ever seen has green leaves(A) ---> All plants must have green leaves(B)
This looks like a plant but it does not have green leaves(not A) ---> it cannot be a plant(not A)

On the other hand, in A there is a circular reasoning. Analogically, it is similar to an Excel function wherein someone makes an error by entering the result as input to get the result. For example - Let's say we have excel cell A1, A2, A3. We make some entries as follows: A1 = A3, A2 = A1, A3 = A1 + A2. Then what we get is an error shown as circular referencing issue - people using excel can relate this example.

Answer A.
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