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Undoubtedly, one’s freedom is always worth the risk of losing one’s life. Consider a person who is locked in a bare cement room with no hope of escape. This person is not really living and has nothing to lose.
A flaw in the argument’s reasoning is that the argument
(A) presumes, without providing justification, that nothing can have greater value than one’s own freedom
(B) fails to consider that it is not always possible to rebel physically against an encroachment on one’s freedom
(C) generalizes inappropriately from a single extreme case to a universal claim
(D) fails to establish that the freedom of others is worth taking risks for
(E) overlooks the possibility that some people do not have the courage to take risks for freedom
A flaw in the argument’s reasoning is that the argument
(A) presumes, without providing justification, that nothing can have greater value than one’s own freedom
(B) fails to consider that it is not always possible to rebel physically against an encroachment on one’s freedom
(C) generalizes inappropriately from a single extreme case to a universal claim
(D) fails to establish that the freedom of others is worth taking risks for
(E) overlooks the possibility that some people do not have the courage to take risks for freedom
10 Mar 2022, 09:07
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Hello, HarsheenKaur. Because the passage is so short, I will discuss it by way of the answer choices themselves.
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It certainly seems as though freedom is valuable if pursuing it is always worth the risk of losing one's life. However, there is no comparison drawn in the passage between the value of freedom and the value of anything else. For instance, some parents might place a greater value on the safety and happiness of their child than on their own freedom. We cannot say that the argument makes the presumption stated.
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I would say that the extreme set of circumstances outlined in the second sentence reveals just such a consideration. The captive is physically confined to a bare cement room with no hope of escape. That sounds like a physical obstacle to me, and no hope of escape indicates that the barrier is impossible to escape (or, in a sense, rebel against to achieve freedom).
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The single extreme case is present in the second sentence, which I discussed above. The generalization is that this [one] person... has nothing to lose by risking death to gain freedom. But what about people in general? The first line comments on one's freedom, as if every single human being were under discussion. Then, the passage veers into a quite narrow and hapless case to prove its point. There is nothing to find fault with in this answer choice.
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The argument is based on the pursuit of one's [own] freedom. The freedom of others is a separate concern altogether, so we cannot call this consideration a logical flaw of this particular argument.
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It is not a question of character here. The passage makes a bold claim in the first sentence, declaring that personal freedom is always worth the risk of losing one’s life. Feelings of courage or any other thought or emotional processes in some people are beside the point. The declaration applies to everybody, not just to the bold.
Perhaps the question and answer choices make more sense now. Good luck with your studies.
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27 Aug 2023, 09:32
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Undoubtedly, one’s freedom is always worth the risk of losing one’s life. Consider a person who is locked in a bare cement room with no hope of escape. This person is not really living and has nothing to lose.
A flaw in the argument’s reasoning is that the argument
(A) presumes, without providing justification, that nothing can have greater value than one’s own freedom - WRONG. Value is beyond passage's scope. A comparison is not ascertainable from the passage.
(B) fails to consider that it is not always possible to rebel physically against an encroachment on one’s freedom - WRONG. With the given condition it would be inappropriate to consider only physically. What about emotionally? But this is not the scope of the passage but the reasoning offered is questionable.
(C) generalizes inappropriately from a single extreme case to a universal claim - CORRECT. One case is considered to make a conclusion.
(D) fails to establish that the freedom of others is worth taking risks for - WRONG. An example is already offered so this option is wrong.
(E) overlooks the possibility that some people do not have the courage to take risks for freedom - WRONG. Some people are always exception. Additionally and more importantly it considers scope beyond the passage's.
Answer C.
A flaw in the argument’s reasoning is that the argument
(A) presumes, without providing justification, that nothing can have greater value than one’s own freedom - WRONG. Value is beyond passage's scope. A comparison is not ascertainable from the passage.
(B) fails to consider that it is not always possible to rebel physically against an encroachment on one’s freedom - WRONG. With the given condition it would be inappropriate to consider only physically. What about emotionally? But this is not the scope of the passage but the reasoning offered is questionable.
(C) generalizes inappropriately from a single extreme case to a universal claim - CORRECT. One case is considered to make a conclusion.
(D) fails to establish that the freedom of others is worth taking risks for - WRONG. An example is already offered so this option is wrong.
(E) overlooks the possibility that some people do not have the courage to take risks for freedom - WRONG. Some people are always exception. Additionally and more importantly it considers scope beyond the passage's.
Answer C.
