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Conclusion: Therefore, they would never knowingly damage the seaside environment and people who are concerned about damage to the seaside environment thus have nothing to fear from the tourist industry.

The conclusion clearly mentions the word 'knowingly damage'. So I think 'unknowingly damage' scenario is Out of scope here.

One flaw I noticed here:

Excessive Development -> Env damage
Excessive Development -> Tourist Distractions
from this we can't conclude Env Damage -> Tourist Distractions

Can someone please help here
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Conclusion: Therefore, they would never knowingly damage the seaside environment and people who are concerned about damage to the seaside environment thus have nothing to fear from the tourist industry.

The conclusion clearly mentions the word 'knowingly damage'. So I think 'unknowingly damage' scenario is Out of scope here.

One flaw I noticed here:

Excessive Development -> Env damage
Excessive Development -> Tourist Distractions
from this we can't conclude Env Damage -> Tourist Distractions

Can someone please help here



"Therefore, they would never knowingly damage the seaside environment": is just a statement

people who are concerned about damage to the seaside environment thus have NOTHING to fear from the tourist industry: is a flawed conclusion because of not considering the unintentional effect of tourist industries.

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People in the tourist industry would never knowingly do anything to damage the industry.

Therefore, they would never knowingly damage the seaside environment and people who are concerned about damage to the seaside environment thus have nothing to fear from the tourist industry.

This is a very straightforward argument and solvable within 2 mins. Straightaway go for D.
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People in the tourist industry know that excessive development of seaside areas by the industry damages the environment. Such development also hurts the tourist industry by making these areas unattractive to tourists, a fact of which people in the tourist industry are well aware. People in the tourist industry would never knowingly do anything to damage the industry. Therefore, they would never knowingly damage the seaside environment and people who are concerned about damage to the seaside environment thus have nothing to fear from the tourist industry.

The reasoning in the arguments is most vulnerable to:

(A) No support is provided for the claim that excessive development hurts the tourist industry. - WRONG. It is a premise/fact so no need of a support.
(B) That something is not the cause of a problem is used as evidence that it never coexists with that problem. - WRONG. A likely candidate but cause(excessive development) is given i.e. it exists with the problem(damage to environment).
(C) The argument shifts from applying a characteristic to a few members of a group to applying the characteristic to all members of that group. - WRONG. diverts from the core of the argument. Few members or all members is not at all the centre of discussion.
(D) The possibility that the tourist industry would unintentionally harm the environment is ignored. - CORRECT.
(E) The argument establishes that a certain state of affairs is likely and then treats that as evidence that the state of affairs is inevitable. - WRONG. The word 'inevitable' changes the meaning that the passage tries to communicate. It's not about inevitability.

Answer D.
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