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People should be held accountable for their own behavior, and if holding people accountable for their own behavior entails capital punishment, then so be it. However, no person should be held accountable for behavior over which he or she had no control.

Which of the following is the most logical conclusion of the argument above?

A) People should not be held accountable for the behavior of other people.
B) People have control over their own behavior.
c) People cannot control the behavior of other people.
D) Behavior that cannot be controlled should not be punished.
E) People have control over behavior that is subject to capital punishment

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Selected B.The whole paragraph and the conclusion supports the assumption that people have control over their behaviour.

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I think it is D.
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Selected B.The whole paragraph and the conclusion supports the assumption that people have control over their behaviour.

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I disagree. the second sentence can be interpreted as assuming the opposite: that there exists a class of behavior that people don't control
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This is confusing. While is definitely true, it can't really be described as a "conclusion": it is directly repeating the second sentence. in other words, it is part of the argument, not its conclusion.
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answer A.

A is the only answer which describes a conclusion : something that isn't stated in the argument, but which we can learn from the argument.
If people shouldn't be punished for behavior that is out of their control, then it follows that people shouldn't be punished for other people's behavior.
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Selected B.The whole paragraph and the conclusion supports the assumption that people have control over their behaviour.

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I disagree. the second sentence can be interpreted as assuming the opposite: that there exists a class of behavior that people don't control
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Sure David, I see the angle.
Is there an official explanation that we all can look upto and learn?
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answer A.

A is the only answer which describes a conclusion : something that isn't stated in the argument, but which we can learn from the argument.
If people shouldn't be punished for behavior that is out of their control, then it follows that people shouldn't be punished for other people's behavior.
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Hi David, can you please explain why E cannot be the answer??
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Bunuel is the OA correct? In my opinion, there is no way it’s (B). I personally don’t like any of them.

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Yes, according to the source the OA is B. No OE though.
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Then this question BLOWS. There’s no justifiable way to say (B) is correct.
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People should be held accountable for their own behavior, and if holding people accountable for their own behavior entails capital punishment, then so be it. However, no person should be held accountable for behavior over which he or she had no control.

Which of the following is the most logical conclusion of the argument above?

A) People should not be held accountable for the behavior of other people.
Not correct. The stem doesn't mention the behavior of other people in specific. This is creating a generalization which is enough to eliminate it.

B) People have control over their own behavior.
Not correct. The stem can definitely be interpreted in a manner which implies that people sometimes have no control over their behavior and so they shouldn't be held accountable for those in specific. Think of self-defense maybe.

Quick edit: I just read that the OA is B. Don't really understand why though.

c) People cannot control the behavior of other people.
Not correct. Again, the stem doesn't mention other people anywhere.

D) Behavior that cannot be controlled should not be punished.
Correct. This is precisely what adding up two and two from the stem gives you.

E) People have control over behavior that is subject to capital punishment
Not correct. Makes an unnecessary generalization.

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