Logical Reasoning

PT102 · S4 · Q22 The main point at issue between

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Sarah: Some schools seek to foster a habit of volunteering in their students by requiring them to perform community service.

Sarah's Claims

1. Some schools try to encourage volunteering by requiring community service.

2. Some forced to do something has not really volunteered.

3. The habit of volunteering cannot be said to have been fostered in a person who has not yet volunteered for anything.

4. There is no way this policy can succeed by itself.

Paul's Responses

1. He agrees this is happening.

2. He doesn't comment on whether being forced to do X means you haven't volunteered to do X (most people would agree with that, though)

3. He doesn't comment on whether someone who still hasn't volunteered for anything can be said to have had the habit of volunteering fostered inside of them.

4. Yes, he disagrees with this. He says that .

Goal

Since we found an explicit claim that Paul disagrees with, we can head to the answers with this in mind and hope that's good enough.

Let's look for whether or not .

22.

The main point at issue between Sarah and Paul is whether

  1. there are any circumstances under

    Unrelated to Goal Probably Both Disagree

    This doesn't sound like what we were looking for: "this policy of requiring community service can succeed in fostering a habit of volunteering". This is dealing with Sarah's 2nd claim, which Paul had no comment on. Sarah definitely disagrees with this answer choice, but Paul likely would also. He's never arguing that "when you force someone to do X, you can technically still say that they genuinely volunteered to do X".

    4% picked this

  2. being forced to perform community

    Out of Scope Speaker 1

    Sarah never talks about whether anyone "enjoyed" the community service. Paul would agree with this answer, but we have no way to support that Sarah would say, "being forced to do community service can never provide enjoyment".

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    being forced to perform community

    Why this is right

    We were looking for whether or not "this policy of requiring community service can succeed in fostering a habit of volunteering". This answer seems very close to that wording. Sarah would say no; her final thought is "there is no way this policy [of forcing students to perform community service in the hope of fostering a habit of volunteering" can succeed by itself. Paul would disagree, because he says "the policy [of forcing students to perform community service] can clearly be said to have fostered a habit of volunteering."

    Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    78% picked this

  4. it is possible for schools

    Disagree Position Too Strong

    Both parties would probably agree to this because no one wants to argue the disagree position: It is impossible for schools to develop policies that foster the habit of volunteering. That's way too extreme. Sarah isn't saying that it's impossible to foster a habit of volunteering. She's just this this policy, which forces community service, cannot foster it.

    17% picked this

  5. students who develop a habit

    Unsupported Person 1

    Sarah never talks about people who develop a habit of volunteering while in school, so we have no idea how she feels about this. To pick this answer, we'd need support for her disagreeing, but we can't derive from her paragraph that she believes that "students who develop a habit of volunteering while in school are not inclined to do community service later in life".

    1% picked this

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