If people refrained from being impolite to one another the condition

If people refrained from being impolite to one another the condition of society would be greatly improved. But society would not be better off if the government enacted laws requiring people to be polite to each other. Enforcing such laws would create even more problems than does impoliteness.

Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the claim that society would not be better off if the government enacted laws requiring people to be polite to each other?


(A) It is the conclusion drawn by the argument as a whole.

(B) It is cited as evidence for the generalization that is the argument's overall conclusion.

(C) It is cited as evidence for the assertion used to support the argument's overall conclusion.

(D) It is cited as an illustration of a generalization that serves as the main premise of the argument.

(E) It describes a phenomenon that the conclusion of the argument purports to explain.