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Updated on: 04 Feb 2019, 12:05
Originally posted by nightblade354 on 11 Oct 2018, 07:47.
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The labeling of otherwise high-calorie food as “sugar-free”, based on the replacement of all sugar by artificial sweeteners, should be prohibited by law. Such a prohibition is indicated because many consumers who need to lose weight will interpret the label “sugar-free” as synonymous with “with low in calorie” and harm themselves by building weight-loss diets around foods labeled “sugar-free”. Manufacturers of sugar-free foods are well aware of this tendency on the part of the consumers.
Which one of the following principles, if established, most helps to justify the conclusion in the passage?
(A) Produce labels that are literally incorrect should be prohibited by law, even if reliance on those labels is not likely to cause harm
(B) Product labels that are literally incorrect, but in such an obvious manner that no rational consumer would rely on them, should nevertheless be prohibited by law
(C) Product labels that are literally correct but cannot be interpreted by the average buyer of the product without expert help should be prohibited by law
(D) Product labels that are literally correct but will predictably be misinterpreted by some buyers of the product to their own harm should be prohibited by law
(E) Product labels that are literally correct, but only on one of two equally accurate interpretations, should be prohibited by law if buyers tend to interpret the label in the way that does not match the product’s actual properties
Which one of the following principles, if established, most helps to justify the conclusion in the passage?
(A) Produce labels that are literally incorrect should be prohibited by law, even if reliance on those labels is not likely to cause harm
(B) Product labels that are literally incorrect, but in such an obvious manner that no rational consumer would rely on them, should nevertheless be prohibited by law
(C) Product labels that are literally correct but cannot be interpreted by the average buyer of the product without expert help should be prohibited by law
(D) Product labels that are literally correct but will predictably be misinterpreted by some buyers of the product to their own harm should be prohibited by law
(E) Product labels that are literally correct, but only on one of two equally accurate interpretations, should be prohibited by law if buyers tend to interpret the label in the way that does not match the product’s actual properties
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The argument is about labels that are literally correct (i.e. don't tell any lies -- there's indeed no sugar in the product).
That eliminates A and B.
C is incorrect because consumers interpret the labels without any help from any experts: "many consumers who need to lose weight will interpret the label “sugar-free” as synonymous with “with low in calorie” and harm themselves"
E is wrong because it talks about "two equally correct interpretations". Well, there's only one correct interpretation of "sugar-free": "this product doesn't contain any sugar".
D is correct because it summarizes the whole thing perfectly: people see the "sugar-free" label, predictably think that "sugar-free = low-calorie", eat the stuff and harm themselves.
That eliminates A and B.
C is incorrect because consumers interpret the labels without any help from any experts: "many consumers who need to lose weight will interpret the label “sugar-free” as synonymous with “with low in calorie” and harm themselves"
E is wrong because it talks about "two equally correct interpretations". Well, there's only one correct interpretation of "sugar-free": "this product doesn't contain any sugar".
D is correct because it summarizes the whole thing perfectly: people see the "sugar-free" label, predictably think that "sugar-free = low-calorie", eat the stuff and harm themselves.
