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Some psychologists believe that humans, like porpoises, are [#permalink]
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Some psychologists believe that humans, like porpoises, are benevolent creatures by nature. These psychologists assume that human nature is essentially disposed to benevolent conduct. To account for social evils, psychologists have to blame instructions that corrupt the native disposition of humans.
The psychologistsтАЩ argument described above would be most strengthened if it were to explain howтАж
A) A way of life consistent with benevolent ideas is possible in the modern world.
B) People can be persuaded to abandon technology, urbanization, and mass production.
C) Benevolent conduct can result from humans living in accordance with their own natural dispositions
D) Benevolent dispositions give rise to evil institutions
E) Corrupt institution can be eliminated or reformed
The correct answer is B. Source is Logic review- PetersonтАЩs
id go for D, though. anyone?
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???
Maybe the worst question I've ever read...
Is PR equating technology, urbanization, and mass production with evil??
How do they think their books are printed???
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maybe they are admitting to be evil... 
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How do they think we developed vaccines for diseases and produce enough of them to save lives everyday around the world....
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in B you have to make the assumption that technology, urbanization, and mass production are somehow evil institutions. that is assuming too much, isnt it????
the argument is sthing like "people are good by nature. there are social evils. instructions corrupt people". the question should be sthing like "how do we get corruptive instructions from good-by-nature people?"
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javropu wrote: hi all... ive got this question from another forum...
Some psychologists believe that humans, like porpoises, are benevolent creatures by nature. These psychologists assume that human nature is essentially disposed to benevolent conduct. To account for social evils, psychologists have to blame instructions that corrupt the native disposition of humans.
The psychologistsтАЩ argument described above would be most strengthened if it were to explain howтАж
A) A way of life consistent with benevolent ideas is possible in the modern world.
B) People can be persuaded to abandon technology, urbanization, and mass production.
C) Benevolent conduct can result from humans living in accordance with their own natural dispositions
D) Benevolent dispositions give rise to evil institutions
E) Corrupt institution can be eliminated or reformed
The correct answer is B. Source is Logic review- PetersonтАЩs
id go for D, though. anyone?
I don't give a damn what Peterson's says (or more likely, what somebody says Peterson's says), the answer is D. First of all, the stimulus does not even mention anything about technology, urbanization, et al, so why is this even relevant?
D would strengthen the argument because the stimulus states that man is predisposed to benevolent behavior, unless corrupted by evil institutions. Well, those evil institutions are also created by man, so therein lies a small paradox in the argument. Hence, the argument would be strengthened, if there was a reasonable explanation of how the evil institutions came into existence in the first place.
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The question does not mention evil institutions, it mentions evil instructions. Institutions will then be out of scope and a better answer choice will be C.
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I'd be willing to bet a paycheck that "instructions" is a typo. To ANUPAQ, just how does C strengthen the psychologists' assertions?
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I can hardly understand anything  )
But answer must be either C or D and D sound better
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Re: Some psychologists believe that humans, like porpoises, are [#permalink]
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I'm not quite sure, but I think it is C.
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