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07 Feb 2020, 08:06
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X: Since many chemicals useful for agriculture and medicine derive from rare or endangered plant species, it is likely that many plant species that are now extinct could have provide us with substances that would have been a boon to humanity. Therefore, if we want to ensure that chemicals from plants are available for use in the future, we must make more serious efforts to preserve for all time our natural resource.
Y: But living things are not our “resources.” Yours is a selfish approach to conservation. We should rather strive to preserve living species because they deserve to survive, not because of the good they can do us.
Which one of the following is an issue about which X and Y disagree?
(A) Whether the benefits humans derive from exploring non-human species provides a good reason for preserving non-human species.
(B) Whether the cost of preserving plant species outweighs the cost of artificially synthesizing chemicals that could otherwise be derived from those species.
(C) Whether it is prudent to conserve natural resources.
(D) Whether humans should make efforts to prevent the extinction of living species.
(E) Whether all non-human species are equally valuable as natural resources.
Y: But living things are not our “resources.” Yours is a selfish approach to conservation. We should rather strive to preserve living species because they deserve to survive, not because of the good they can do us.
Which one of the following is an issue about which X and Y disagree?
(A) Whether the benefits humans derive from exploring non-human species provides a good reason for preserving non-human species.
(B) Whether the cost of preserving plant species outweighs the cost of artificially synthesizing chemicals that could otherwise be derived from those species.
(C) Whether it is prudent to conserve natural resources.
(D) Whether humans should make efforts to prevent the extinction of living species.
(E) Whether all non-human species are equally valuable as natural resources.
25 Feb 2020, 01:22
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B is out because they never mentioned about the cost. Out of socpe
While they both have a positive view on C and D, C and D is out
E is a more subtle one but you can derive it from the conversation as both of them don't believe in E, in spite for different reasons
x reckons not all chemical have great effect => rejecting on the argument
Y believe plants are not resources to humans => rejecting the argument
Therefore A is the answer, as x has a positive view on A while Y hasn't.
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While they both have a positive view on C and D, C and D is out
E is a more subtle one but you can derive it from the conversation as both of them don't believe in E, in spite for different reasons
x reckons not all chemical have great effect => rejecting on the argument
Y believe plants are not resources to humans => rejecting the argument
Therefore A is the answer, as x has a positive view on A while Y hasn't.
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07 Nov 2023, 01:31
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Hi Bunuel, thanks for posting this question. Can we please get official answer for this question?
I am having doubts on option A. I think that option A align more with X's argument. Since the question has asked us to choose an option with which both X and Y disagree, I am not getting how A is right and why B is not right.
I am having doubts on option A. I think that option A align more with X's argument. Since the question has asked us to choose an option with which both X and Y disagree, I am not getting how A is right and why B is not right.
