Sociologist: The welfare state

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct73% picked this

   The welfare state will not

   Why this is right

   Yes, this matches the meaning of the first clause, "the welfare state cannot be successfully implemented", which was our conclusion.

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

   73%
2. B

   Out of Scope: unfairly Wrong Role1% picked this

   The welfare state unfairly asks those who work hard to help those

   This claim resembles one of the premises, not the conclusion. Additionally, the author never said it was "unfair" to use your money to help those in greater need.

   1%
3. C

   Wrong Role18% picked this

   The assumption that human beings are unselfish

   This could be called an Intermediate Conclusion, but we know it's not the main conclusion because it's prefaced by because, which always indicates a Supporting Role. F.A.B.S. = the four main Support Indicators for after all because since

   18%
4. D

   Last Claim Trap1% picked this

   The interests of the less fortunate impinge on the interests

   A lot of students just pick the final claim whenever they're asked what the Conclusion is, so Main Conclusion questions almost always have a trap answer mimicking the final claim of the paragraph. We can tell this isn't the Conclusion because it fails the Support Test: why should we believe that "the interests of the less fortunate impinge on the interests of others? The author told us that people innately seek their own well-being even more when the interests of less fortunate people are impinging on them, but he gave no evidence that the interests of the less fortunate are, in actuality, impinging on them currently.

   1%
5. E

   Trap7% picked this

   The welfare state relies on the generosity of

   Never Stated / Inference Out of Scope: generosity This sounds nothing like the first claim of the paragraph. Main Conclusion correct answers are supposed to be reproducing the meaning of one of the explicit claims. The author never said anything that sounds like "the welfare state relies on generosity". We can infer that the welfare state relies on wage earners' willingness to have their hard-earned funds used to help other in greater need, but we never talked about "generosity", and we never supported this claim. why should we believe that the welfare state requires wage earners' giving their hard-earned funds to help others in greater need? Who said it has to be wage earners? Could we raise enough revenue for those in need from people that collect income from passive sources like stocks / bonds / trusts? The author never supported the claim that a welfare state requires the buy-in of wage earners. He just said it.

   7%