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26 Mar 2016, 04:00
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Patient: Pharmacists maintain that doctors should not be permitted to sell the medicine that they prescribe because doctors would then be tempted to prescribe unnecessary medicines in order to earn extra income. But pharmacists have a financial interest in having a monopoly on the sale of prescription medicines, so their objection to the sale of medicines by doctors cannot be taken seriously.
The patient's argument proceeds by
(A) pointing out an unstated assumption on which the pharmacists argument relies and then refuting it
(B) attempting to discredit a position by questioning the motives of the proponents of that position
(C) undermining the pharmacists conclusion by demonstrating that one of the statements used to support the conclusion is false
(D) rejecting a questionable position on the grounds that the general public does not support that position
(E) asserting that pharmacists lack the appropriate knowledge to have informed opinions on the subject under discussion
The patient's argument proceeds by
(A) pointing out an unstated assumption on which the pharmacists argument relies and then refuting it
(B) attempting to discredit a position by questioning the motives of the proponents of that position
(C) undermining the pharmacists conclusion by demonstrating that one of the statements used to support the conclusion is false
(D) rejecting a questionable position on the grounds that the general public does not support that position
(E) asserting that pharmacists lack the appropriate knowledge to have informed opinions on the subject under discussion
26 Mar 2016, 07:28
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Hi,
clearly on the passage--
first the patient conveys position of Pharma guys on a subject...
thereafter he compromises the that position by getting financial greed of pharma guys in it
If you read the choices--
B follows it logically
(B) attempting to discredit a position by questioning the motives of the proponents of that position
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Patient: Pharmacists maintain that doctors should not be permitted to sell the medicine that they prescribe because doctors would then be tempted to prescribe unnecessary medicines in order to earn extra income. But pharmacists have a financial interest in having a monopoly on the sale of prescription medicines, so their objection to the sale of medicines by doctors cannot be taken seriously.
The argument is divided into two parts:
1. Pharmacist's conclusion/opinion/position or stand
2. Patient's conclusion/opinion/position
Pharmacist conclusion: Doctors should not be permitted to sell the medicine that they prescribe
Patient conclusion: Pharmacists have a financial interest in having a monopoly on the sale of prescription medicines, so their objection is not warranted.
option B does the job. It says that:
attempting to discredit a position by questioning the motives of the proponents of that position.
here the discredit of position is the pharmacist's position and patient doubts the explanation/motives of the pharmacist.
The argument is divided into two parts:
1. Pharmacist's conclusion/opinion/position or stand
2. Patient's conclusion/opinion/position
Pharmacist conclusion: Doctors should not be permitted to sell the medicine that they prescribe
Patient conclusion: Pharmacists have a financial interest in having a monopoly on the sale of prescription medicines, so their objection is not warranted.
option B does the job. It says that:
attempting to discredit a position by questioning the motives of the proponents of that position.
here the discredit of position is the pharmacist's position and patient doubts the explanation/motives of the pharmacist.
