A government ought to protect and encourage free speech, because free speech is an activity that is conducive to a healthy nation and thus is in the best interest of its people.
The main conclusion above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
The structure initially freaked me out, but then I found out that this is an assumption question and that there are two conclusions . we need to find out the missing premise for the main conclusion.
Main conclusion: A government ought to protect and encourage free speech,(A) An activity that is in the best interest of the people ought to be protected and encouraged by a nation's government.----Logically this is comes after the sub conclusion.
(B) Basic, inalienable rights of the people ought to be protected and encouraged by government.------ this is too generalized. were talking about free speech and best interest of people. so eliminate t
(C) An activity that helps a government to govern ought to be protected and encouraged by it. woahhhh... what about people dude!! you forgot?
(D) A government ought to protect and encourage an activity that is conducive to the interests of that government.-----same as c
(E) Universal human rights that are in the best interest of the people ought to be protected and encouraged by a nation's government. same as B included all rights which is too general.
ANSWER_A