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Confucianism, a Chinese ethical and philosophical system, is based on five virtues: Humanness, Righteousness or Justice, Propriety or Etiquette, Knowledge, and Integrity. Confucius, the individual behind the philosophy, also introduces the idea of meritocracy, leading to the introduction of the imperial examination system in China. The system allowed anyone who passed a morality examination to become a government officer. Confucian governments, thus, attempted to replace “nobility of blood” with “nobility of virtue”. As a result, Confucian governments, however virtuous and moral, remained undemocratic.
Which of the following is an assumption made by the argument above?
A. Not every citizen participated in the Imperial examination system and hence government officers consequently chosen did not represent ‘voice of people’.
B. Ideas such as imperial examination system are central to the philosophy of democracy.
C. Confucian governments are not as effective as democratic governments.
D. Passing a morality exam leads to a non-democratic government.
E. It is not possible for a government to maintain “nobility of virtue” while ensuring a fair representation of the views of entire cross section of society
Which of the following is an assumption made by the argument above?
A. Not every citizen participated in the Imperial examination system and hence government officers consequently chosen did not represent ‘voice of people’.
B. Ideas such as imperial examination system are central to the philosophy of democracy.
C. Confucian governments are not as effective as democratic governments.
D. Passing a morality exam leads to a non-democratic government.
E. It is not possible for a government to maintain “nobility of virtue” while ensuring a fair representation of the views of entire cross section of society
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I chose E using the inverse method. If it is indeed possible that a government could maintain “nobility of virtue” while ensuring representation of the views of the entire cross section of society then the conclusion of the stimulus would be invalid
All this negation tells us is that a single person passing an exam does not by itself lead to a non-democratic government. That does nothing to address the conclusion, which is about Confucian governments USING the results of these tests to allocate power. Imagine that the argument said that it was sexist to hire only men, and D said "Being a man is sexist." That's about what we have . . . 
