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A censorship organization that focuses on the protection of children from explicit content is appealing to ban comic books that contain the portrayal of extreme violence. However, comics represent a legitimate channel of communication, used by thousands of illustrators and authors as a platform for their talent and expression. Therefore, banning certain comic books will just lead to the banning of other forms of literature until books become unlawful altogether.
A major flaw in the argument above is that
A. it forms a prediction based upon a suggested cause-and-effect relationship
B. it diminishes the significance of the viewpoint that it opposes
C. it determines the outcome of a certain action that has yet to be performed
D. it completely ignores the reasons lying behind the appeal that it is objecting
E. it claims the inevitability of one event to follow another without sufficient evidence to do so
A major flaw in the argument above is that
A. it forms a prediction based upon a suggested cause-and-effect relationship
B. it diminishes the significance of the viewpoint that it opposes
C. it determines the outcome of a certain action that has yet to be performed
D. it completely ignores the reasons lying behind the appeal that it is objecting
E. it claims the inevitability of one event to follow another without sufficient evidence to do so
06 Aug 2025, 03:52
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Banning certain comic books --> Banning of other forms of literature until books become unlawful altogether
It seems like the author assumed that books (X) are the only way to get other forms of literature (Y) so if we ban books (not X), then other forms of literature will also be banned (not Y).
A. it forms a prediction based upon a suggested cause-and-effect relationship
Not a flaw, the argument indeeds makes a conclusion based on a cause-effect relationship so it is not a flaw.
B. it diminishes the significance of the viewpoint that it opposes
Not a flaw, this is not a flaw.
C. it determines the outcome of a certain action that has yet to be performed
Not a flaw, so what? This option doesn't highlight any flaw to reach the conclusion.
D. it completely ignores the reasons lying behind the appeal that it is objecting
Not a flaw, absence of reasons behind the appeal is not a flaw.
E. it claims the inevitability of one event to follow another without sufficient evidence to do so
Flaw, the author concludes that the ban of books will lead to banning of other forms of literature but we don't know whether books are the only source, thus, we don't have enough evidence. Overall, we can say that the author confused a sufficient condition with a necessary condition.
(E) is the answer
It seems like the author assumed that books (X) are the only way to get other forms of literature (Y) so if we ban books (not X), then other forms of literature will also be banned (not Y).
A. it forms a prediction based upon a suggested cause-and-effect relationship
Not a flaw, the argument indeeds makes a conclusion based on a cause-effect relationship so it is not a flaw.
B. it diminishes the significance of the viewpoint that it opposes
Not a flaw, this is not a flaw.
C. it determines the outcome of a certain action that has yet to be performed
Not a flaw, so what? This option doesn't highlight any flaw to reach the conclusion.
D. it completely ignores the reasons lying behind the appeal that it is objecting
Not a flaw, absence of reasons behind the appeal is not a flaw.
E. it claims the inevitability of one event to follow another without sufficient evidence to do so
Flaw, the author concludes that the ban of books will lead to banning of other forms of literature but we don't know whether books are the only source, thus, we don't have enough evidence. Overall, we can say that the author confused a sufficient condition with a necessary condition.
(E) is the answer
06 Aug 2025, 04:35
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The conclusion brought in books with no justification assuming they have similar effects as comics. Only E justifies that by saying it claims the inevitability of one event (banning books) to follow another (banning comics) without sufficient evidence to do so
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