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Sid: The sign says “Keep off the grass.”
Micki: I know, but just one person walking across the grass doesn’t hurt it.
Sid: Your statement is false. If everyone believed as you do, everyone would walk across the grass, and the grass would die.
Sid’s argument is questionable in that it
(A) attempts to use a statement about the consequences of actions to disprove a statement about the actions themselves
(B) treats a statement about the consequences of an action as though it were instead about the consequences of everyone believing the statement
(C) contradicts itself by treating a statement that the arguer does not believe as though it were a statement believed by everyone
(D) discounts the fact that there may be circumstances under which hurting the grass is justified
(E) attempts to undermine a statement by calling into question the character of the person making the statement
Micki: I know, but just one person walking across the grass doesn’t hurt it.
Sid: Your statement is false. If everyone believed as you do, everyone would walk across the grass, and the grass would die.
Sid’s argument is questionable in that it
(A) attempts to use a statement about the consequences of actions to disprove a statement about the actions themselves
(B) treats a statement about the consequences of an action as though it were instead about the consequences of everyone believing the statement
(C) contradicts itself by treating a statement that the arguer does not believe as though it were a statement believed by everyone
(D) discounts the fact that there may be circumstances under which hurting the grass is justified
(E) attempts to undermine a statement by calling into question the character of the person making the statement
03 Feb 2022, 04:40
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Sid: The sign says “Keep off the grass.”
Micki: I know, but just one person walking across the grass doesn’t hurt it.
Sid: Your statement is false. If everyone believed as you do, everyone would walk across the grass, and the grass would die.
Sid’s argument is questionable in that it
(A) attempts to use a statement about the consequences of actions to disprove a statement about the actions themselves
(B) treats a statement about the consequences of an action as though it were instead about the consequences of everyone believing the statement
(C) contradicts itself by treating a statement that the arguer does not believe as though it were a statement believed by everyone
(D) discounts the fact that there may be circumstances under which hurting the grass is justified
(E) attempts to undermine a statement by calling into question the character of the person making the statement
Micki: I know, but just one person walking across the grass doesn’t hurt it.
Sid: Your statement is false. If everyone believed as you do, everyone would walk across the grass, and the grass would die.
Sid’s argument is questionable in that it
(A) attempts to use a statement about the consequences of actions to disprove a statement about the actions themselves
(B) treats a statement about the consequences of an action as though it were instead about the consequences of everyone believing the statement
(C) contradicts itself by treating a statement that the arguer does not believe as though it were a statement believed by everyone
(D) discounts the fact that there may be circumstances under which hurting the grass is justified
(E) attempts to undermine a statement by calling into question the character of the person making the statement
Argument
Sid wants micki to keep off the grass, but Micki says that one person walking on grass wont hurt it. Sid responds that if everyone did what you are saying, the grass would be dead.
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How is Sid's argument flawed
(A) attempts to use a statement about the consequences of actions to disprove a statement about the actions themselves --> The consequences of actions is that all grass will die. The statement is not disproving the statement about the action(which is one person walking on the grass). Sid does not say that Mick is not walking on the grass. Rather he says that if everyone walks then the grass will die. --> Incorrect
(B) treats a statement about the consequences of an action as though it were instead about the consequences of everyone believing the statement. --> Consequences of everyone Believing --> Can believing will lead to walking --> If you want to kill you opponent, will you kill him --> I dont think so --> Apart from that using "everyone" seems like extreme. --> Only one is walking not everyone -->Everyone believing doesnot translate into everyone walking --> Suppose this garden was inside a boundary, can everyone come in and walk over the grass --> I dont think so -->This is a flawCORRECT
(C) contradicts itself by treating a statement that the arguer does not believe as though it were a statement believed by everyone --> There is no contradiction --> Incorrect
(D) discounts the fact that there may be circumstances under which hurting the grass is justified --> "Is hurting the grass justified is not the question." The question is already settled as both believe that hurting or killing the grass is not correct --> Incorrect
(E) attempts to undermine a statement by calling into question the character of the person making the statement --> No such attempt is made --> Incorrect
12 Jun 2022, 02:22
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(B) treats a statement about the consequences of an action as though it were instead about the consequences of everyone believing the statement
What is the STATEMENT here?What does it mean -- Everyone believing the satement??
Not understood..Confused,..
(B) treats a statement about the consequences of an action as though it were instead about the consequences of everyone believing the statement
What is the STATEMENT here?What does it mean -- Everyone believing the satement??
Not understood..Confused,..
