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Kendrick: Governments that try to prevent cigarettes from 24 Jul 2020, 21:58
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Hello, how does "D" resolve the conflict? I was looking for a statement to explain why both are both, not a new idea to solve how to a goal. I know this is splitting hairs about I was looking for something like "B". Fatty food vs cigarettes etc. How is a tax the answer, the government could tax fatty food also well? What makes cigarettes different from fatty food, the answer is a tax to dissuade the consumer? The answer does not seem correct.
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Kendrick: Governments that try to prevent cigarettes from 10 Feb 2021, 19:28
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Our task is to find an answer choice that "most helps to resolve the apparent conflict between Kendrick's statements." So, we need to find a statement that explains how both conclusions can be valid at the same time. With that in mind, let's go through the answer choices:
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Kendrick: Governments that try to prevent cigarettes from 14 Mar 2022, 09:51
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Hello,

I have a query regarding Choice D here.

Choice D says Government 'should' try to prevent the advertisement of cigarettes...

It describes an obligation.

But it does not mean that Government actually does that. So it does not seem to resolve the conflict.

Choice B atleast gives an alternate reason why government can stop cigarettes from being advertised.
So B seems a better choice.

Could you please explain where I have gone wrong?

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Kendrick: Governments that try to prevent cigarettes from 15 Mar 2022, 09:51
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Hello,

I have a query regarding Choice D here.

Choice D says Government 'should' try to prevent the advertisement of cigarettes...

It describes an obligation.

But it does not mean that Government actually does that. So it does not seem to resolve the conflict.

Choice B atleast gives an alternate reason why government can stop cigarettes from being advertised.
So B seems a better choice.

Could you please explain where I have gone wrong?

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Kendrick: Governments that try to prevent cigarettes from being advertised are justified in doing so, since such advertisements encourage people to engage in an unhealthy practice. But cigarette advertisements should remain legal since advertisements for fatty foods are legal, even though those advertisements also encourage people to engage in unhealthy practices.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent conflict between Kendrick's statements?

(A) Any advertisement that encourages people to engage in an unhealthy practice should be made illegal, even though the legality of some such advertisements is currently uncontroversial
(B) The advertisement of fattening foods, unlike that of cigarettes, should not be prevented, because fattening foods, unlike cigarettes, are not addictive.
(C) Most advertisements should be legal, although advertisers are always morally responsible for ensuring that their advertisements do not encourage people to engage in unhealthy practices.
(D) Governments should try to prevent the advertisement of cigarettes by means of financial disincentives rather than by legal prohibition.
(E) Governments should place restrictions on cigarette advertisements so as to keep them from encouraging people to engage in unhealthy practices, but should not try to prevent such advertisements.
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Two reasons that i find B is wrong for:
1. Conclusion is 'cigarette advertisements should remain legal' so anything other than this is basically a diversion from the core of the argument - 'The advertisement of fattening foods should not be prevented' is not a concern here. This is a major reason to eliminate B.
2. Even if B tries hard to give a reason for how the discrepancy can be resolved, it does so by apparently focusing on fatty acids advertisements and that too with a cause that is not related to cigarette advertisements.

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Hello,

I have a query regarding Choice D here.

Choice D says Government 'should' try to prevent the advertisement of cigarettes...

It describes an obligation.

But it does not mean that Government actually does that. So it does not seem to resolve the conflict.

Choice B atleast gives an alternate reason why government can stop cigarettes from being advertised.
So B seems a better choice.

Could you please explain where I have gone wrong?

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Kendrick: Governments that try to prevent cigarettes from 17 Feb 2023, 02:45
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Kendrick: Governments that try to prevent cigarettes from being advertised are justified in doing so, since such advertisements encourage people to engage in an unhealthy practice. But cigarette advertisements should remain legal since advertisements for fatty foods are legal, even though those advertisements also encourage people to engage in unhealthy practices.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent conflict between Kendrick's statements?

(A) Any advertisement that encourages people to engage in an unhealthy practice should be made illegal, even though the legality of some such advertisements is currently uncontroversial
(B) The advertisement of fattening foods, unlike that of cigarettes, should not be prevented, because fattening foods, unlike cigarettes, are not addictive.
(C) Most advertisements should be legal, although advertisers are always morally responsible for ensuring that their advertisements do not encourage people to engage in unhealthy practices.
(D) Governments should try to prevent the advertisement of cigarettes by means of financial disincentives rather than by legal prohibition.
(E) Governments should place restrictions on cigarette advertisements so as to keep them from encouraging people to engage in unhealthy practices, but should not try to prevent such advertisements.
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Hi @experts ,

In resolving the paradox -
Aren't we suppose to resolve why or how two conditions presently exist rather than by presenting an alternative plan to how can the condition exist in future ?

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