| Critical Reasoning Butler: September 2025 |
| September 24 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Which of the following best completes the passage below?
Over the years, supporters of slavery have put forward several view-points to rationalize their belief. One such argument states that some people are meant to be slaves as part of the natural order of the universe, or as part of God’s plan, and it is wrong to interfere with this by abolishing slavery. However, such an argument is flawed, because it fails to take into account the fact that __________________.
(A) slavery is a cruel practice that does not find much favor with most people in the world
(B) just because something is part of God’s plan does not mean it is the morally correct thing to do
(C) slavery is considered illegal in almost all the countries of the world
(D) there exist no certain criteria to distinguish between natural slaves and those who should not be enslaved
(E) just because something is meant to be does not mean that it has to be
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CR 2 The list of the highest paying cities in the world is headed by cities in Switzerland. This serves to reaffirm the fact that people in Western European cities on average earn three times more than those in Eastern Europe. The fact that, in Switzerland, deductions from salary are relatively low, further widens the gap between net wage level earned there and in other countries, especially in the rest of Western Europe. The largest wage differences are in Asia, where the highest value (Tokyo) is twelve times higher than the lowest (Delhi).
Which of the following can properly be inferred from the statements above?
(A) The Swiss pay less money in taxes than do people in the rest of Western Europe.
(B) Delhi is the poorest city in the Asian continent.
(C) The wage difference between the richest and poorest cities of Eastern Europe is less than twelve times.
(D) Switzerland is not situated in Western Europe.
(E) Tokyo has more rich people than does Delhi.