Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT1 S4 Q11 Explanation

It is even more important

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

It is even more important that we criticize democracies that have committed human rights violations than that we criticize dictatorships that have committed more violent human rights offenses. Human rights violations are always inexcusable, but those committed by governments that represent the will of the people are even more reprehensible than those to have an effect on the former than on the latter.

What this question is testing

Must be True

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
11.

Which one of the following is a proper inference from

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    All governments commit some inexcusable and

  2. Correct81% picked this

    Some human rights violations are more reprehensible than other, more violent

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

    Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  3. Trap5% picked this

    Criticism of human rights violations is certain to have no effect

  4. Trap1% picked this

    Human rights violations are more likely to occur in democracies than

  5. Trap10% picked this

    Those who do represent the will of the people are less likely to be moved by criticism than are those who merely claim to

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