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A number of Grandville's wealthiest citizens have been criminals. So, since it is of utmost importance that the Grandville Planning Committee be composed solely of individuals whose personal standards of ethics are beyond reproach, no wealthy person should be appointed to that committee.
The argument is most vulnerable to the criticism that it
(A) confuses a result with something that is sufficient for bringing about that result
(B) mistakes a temporal relationship for a causal relationship
(C) assumes that because a certain action has a certain result the person taking that action intended that result
(D) judges only by subjective standards something that can be readily evaluated according to objective standards
(E) generalizes on the basis of what could be exceptional cases
The argument is most vulnerable to the criticism that it
(A) confuses a result with something that is sufficient for bringing about that result
(B) mistakes a temporal relationship for a causal relationship
(C) assumes that because a certain action has a certain result the person taking that action intended that result
(D) judges only by subjective standards something that can be readily evaluated according to objective standards
(E) generalizes on the basis of what could be exceptional cases
03 Jan 2022, 12:09
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Conclusion : No wealthy person should be appointed to that committee.
Author's line of reasoning : Because a number of Grandville's wealthiest citizens have been criminals, the authors makes a conclusion that every wealth person has a criminal background. Hence, the author concludes that no wealthy person should be appointed in the Planning Committee.
Pre-thinking : So the author generalizes that every wealth person can be a criminal having reproachable personal standards of ethics.
(A) confuses a result with something that is sufficient for bringing about that result
Out of scope.
(B) mistakes a temporal relationship for a causal relationship
The premise states that the reason that wealthy persons should not be included as the author believes that personal standards of ethics are reproachable due to their criminal background. Hence he does not mistake a temporal relationship in the argument.
(C) assumes that because a certain action has a certain result the person taking that action intended that result
The author's argument to not include wealthy persons has nothing to do with the intention of wealth individuals. The author wants to keep the Grandville Planning Committee free from any individuals who have high personal standards of ethics.
(D) judges only by subjective standards something that can be readily evaluated according to objective standards
Again, this is not in the scope of the argument.
(E) generalizes on the basis of what could be exceptional cases
This is exactly what we were looking for ! The author generalizes that every wealth person is a criminals and have questionable personal standards of ethics. Hence, the author makes an assertion to not include any wealthy person in the committee.
IMO - E
Author's line of reasoning : Because a number of Grandville's wealthiest citizens have been criminals, the authors makes a conclusion that every wealth person has a criminal background. Hence, the author concludes that no wealthy person should be appointed in the Planning Committee.
Pre-thinking : So the author generalizes that every wealth person can be a criminal having reproachable personal standards of ethics.
(A) confuses a result with something that is sufficient for bringing about that result
Out of scope.
(B) mistakes a temporal relationship for a causal relationship
The premise states that the reason that wealthy persons should not be included as the author believes that personal standards of ethics are reproachable due to their criminal background. Hence he does not mistake a temporal relationship in the argument.
(C) assumes that because a certain action has a certain result the person taking that action intended that result
The author's argument to not include wealthy persons has nothing to do with the intention of wealth individuals. The author wants to keep the Grandville Planning Committee free from any individuals who have high personal standards of ethics.
(D) judges only by subjective standards something that can be readily evaluated according to objective standards
Again, this is not in the scope of the argument.
(E) generalizes on the basis of what could be exceptional cases
This is exactly what we were looking for ! The author generalizes that every wealth person is a criminals and have questionable personal standards of ethics. Hence, the author makes an assertion to not include any wealthy person in the committee.
IMO - E
05 Jan 2022, 09:50
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A number of Grandville's wealthiest citizens have been criminals. So, since it is of utmost importance that the Grandville Planning Committee be composed solely of individuals whose personal standards of ethics are beyond reproach, no wealthy person should be appointed to that committee.
The argument is most vulnerable to the criticism that it
(A) confuses a result with something that is sufficient for bringing about that result - WRONG. It is insufficient not sufficient.
(B) mistakes a temporal relationship for a causal relationship - WRONG. No causality is identifiable in the passage.
(C) assumes that because a certain action has a certain result the person taking that action intended that result - WRONG. Intention is irrelevant here.
(D) judges only by subjective standards something that can be readily evaluated according to objective standards - WRONG. How a judgement is made(based upon) is not at all recognisable in the passage.
(E) generalizes on the basis of what could be exceptional cases - CORRECT. Exception are considered to make a conclusion which may lead to wrong decision.
Answer E.
The argument is most vulnerable to the criticism that it
(A) confuses a result with something that is sufficient for bringing about that result - WRONG. It is insufficient not sufficient.
(B) mistakes a temporal relationship for a causal relationship - WRONG. No causality is identifiable in the passage.
(C) assumes that because a certain action has a certain result the person taking that action intended that result - WRONG. Intention is irrelevant here.
(D) judges only by subjective standards something that can be readily evaluated according to objective standards - WRONG. How a judgement is made(based upon) is not at all recognisable in the passage.
(E) generalizes on the basis of what could be exceptional cases - CORRECT. Exception are considered to make a conclusion which may lead to wrong decision.
Answer E.
