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Historian: The ancient Greeks failed to recognize that, morally, democracy is no improvement over monarchy. It is wrong for an individual to have the power to choose the course of action for a government, so it is no less wrong to grant this power to society, which is just a collection of individuals.
The pattern of flawed reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?
(A) There is no point in trying to find someone else to solve that problem. If Robin cannot solve it, then none of Robin’s friends would be able to solve it.
(B) We should not pick Hank for the relay team. He has not won a race all season, so there is no reason to expect him to help the relay team win.
(C) Laws that contain exemptions for some individuals based on no relevant consideration are fundamentally immoral. If it is wrong for a given person to commit an act, then it is wrong for anyone else in similar circumstances to commit the act.
(D) There is no point in asking the club to purchase tents and make them available for use by club members. No member of the club can afford one of those tents, so the club is unable to afford any either.
(E) Agreeing with all of the other members of society does not guarantee that one is correct about an issue. With many topics it is possible for society to be mistaken and hence every individual in society to be likewise mistaken.
The pattern of flawed reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?
(A) There is no point in trying to find someone else to solve that problem. If Robin cannot solve it, then none of Robin’s friends would be able to solve it.
(B) We should not pick Hank for the relay team. He has not won a race all season, so there is no reason to expect him to help the relay team win.
(C) Laws that contain exemptions for some individuals based on no relevant consideration are fundamentally immoral. If it is wrong for a given person to commit an act, then it is wrong for anyone else in similar circumstances to commit the act.
(D) There is no point in asking the club to purchase tents and make them available for use by club members. No member of the club can afford one of those tents, so the club is unable to afford any either.
(E) Agreeing with all of the other members of society does not guarantee that one is correct about an issue. With many topics it is possible for society to be mistaken and hence every individual in society to be likewise mistaken.
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Historian: The ancient Greeks failed to recognize that, morally, democracy is no improvement over monarchy. It is wrong for an individual to have the power to choose the course of action for a government, so it is no less wrong to grant this power to society, which is just a collection of individuals.
The pattern of flawed reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?
(A) There is no point in trying to find someone else to solve that problem. If Robin cannot solve it, then none of Robin’s friends would be able to solve it. - WRONG. Plain statement as it has a straight flow that is reasonably logical in approach.
(B) We should not pick Hank for the relay team. He has not won a race all season, so there is no reason to expect him to help the relay team win. - WRONG. Again plain as it was choice A.
(C) Laws that contain exemptions for some individuals based on no relevant consideration are fundamentally immoral. If it is wrong for a given person to commit an act, then it is wrong for anyone else in similar circumstances to commit the act. - WRONG. Logically correct. Why it is immoral is reasoned well in the second sentence.
(D) There is no point in asking the club to purchase tents and make them available for use by club members. No member of the club can afford one of those tents, so the club is unable to afford any either. - CORRECT.
(E) Agreeing with all of the other members of society does not guarantee that one is correct about an issue. With many topics it is possible for society to be mistaken and hence every individual in society to be likewise mistaken. - WRONG. This one is a bit smooth to catch. On the one hand, it considers an individual being not correct and on the other hand reasons that logic with that individual being mistaken(not correct) for going along with the society. So, either way it is same by going along with society i.e. whether one is correct(not likely if society is wrong) or one being mistaken when society as a whole is wrong. The problem is with how this choice is worded.
An after-thought explanation after I got this one wrong by choosing E.
The passage is about a society(Greeks) that failed to recognise that one way(democracy) of ruling a state is superior to another(monarchy). First, the two ways are opposite to each other as in the way each form i.e. democracy by election/voting(the whole society) and monarchy by a family/ies(close circle of people). The highlighted text is the reasoning given for such a conclusion after which it followed. The passage basically suffers for justifying(monarch deciding further course of action of govt.) an action in one way and criticising(individual in the society deciding further course of action) that same action in another.
Answer D.
The pattern of flawed reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?
(A) There is no point in trying to find someone else to solve that problem. If Robin cannot solve it, then none of Robin’s friends would be able to solve it. - WRONG. Plain statement as it has a straight flow that is reasonably logical in approach.
(B) We should not pick Hank for the relay team. He has not won a race all season, so there is no reason to expect him to help the relay team win. - WRONG. Again plain as it was choice A.
(C) Laws that contain exemptions for some individuals based on no relevant consideration are fundamentally immoral. If it is wrong for a given person to commit an act, then it is wrong for anyone else in similar circumstances to commit the act. - WRONG. Logically correct. Why it is immoral is reasoned well in the second sentence.
(D) There is no point in asking the club to purchase tents and make them available for use by club members. No member of the club can afford one of those tents, so the club is unable to afford any either. - CORRECT.
(E) Agreeing with all of the other members of society does not guarantee that one is correct about an issue. With many topics it is possible for society to be mistaken and hence every individual in society to be likewise mistaken. - WRONG. This one is a bit smooth to catch. On the one hand, it considers an individual being not correct and on the other hand reasons that logic with that individual being mistaken(not correct) for going along with the society. So, either way it is same by going along with society i.e. whether one is correct(not likely if society is wrong) or one being mistaken when society as a whole is wrong. The problem is with how this choice is worded.
An after-thought explanation after I got this one wrong by choosing E.
The passage is about a society(Greeks) that failed to recognise that one way(democracy) of ruling a state is superior to another(monarchy). First, the two ways are opposite to each other as in the way each form i.e. democracy by election/voting(the whole society) and monarchy by a family/ies(close circle of people). The highlighted text is the reasoning given for such a conclusion after which it followed. The passage basically suffers for justifying(monarch deciding further course of action of govt.) an action in one way and criticising(individual in the society deciding further course of action) that same action in another.
Answer D.
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Argument's reasoning is something like this:
A is wrong
Hence B is also wrong because B is the collection of As
Only option D matches this reasoning.
A is wrong
Hence B is also wrong because B is the collection of As
Only option D matches this reasoning.
