After several attempts to distract

Answer choices

1. A

   Doesn't Support Either Judgment0% picked this

   When disciplining an animal physically, a trainer should use an object such as a rolled up newspaper to avoid making

   The conclusion this rule would support is, "You should use an object when disciplining your animal, not your bare hands". Neither conclusion sounded like that.

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2. B

   Correct92% picked this

   When training an animal, physical discipline should be used only when such discipline is necessary to correct behavior that could result in

   Why this is right

   This gets at the salient difference the author cared about between George's situation and Carla's, whether or not the action the pet was committing was the type of action that could hurt the pet. This answer would basically prove the judgment about George's situation, because it gives us this rule: Behavior X would not result → Should not use in serious harm to the animal phys discipline Chewing on furniture would not result in serious harm to the parrot, so George should not have used physical discipline. This rule doesn't prove the judgment about Carla because it's only a rule that can prove "should not use discipline". But it still adds a little plausibility to the Carla judgment because we know that her situation at least falls within the subset of cases in which it might be appropriate to use physical discipline. Ultimately, despite that asymmetric strengthening value, it's still our best available answer.

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

   92%
3. C

   Doesn't Justify Either Judgment4% picked this

   Using physical discipline to train an animal is justified only when all alternative strategies for correcting

   Neither of the situations clearly establish the trigger for this rule, so this rule isn't useful for applying to either George or Carla's situation: All alternative strategies physical discipline for correcting bad → is justified behavior have failed We don't know whether George or Carla exhausted all alternative strategies before trying physical discipline, so we can't apply this rule to either of their situations.

   4%
4. D

   Weakens Judgment #20% picked this

   Physical discipline should not be used on

   Both George's young parrot and Carla's puppy are immature animals. So while this rule would strengthen the judgment that George should not have used physical discipline, it would weaken the judgment that Carla was justified in using physical discipline.

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5. E

   Weakens Judgment #23% picked this

   Physical discipline should not be used by an animal trainer except to correct

   This uses the trigger word except which is like unless / without, and "if not" trigger. not a persistent → physical discipline should behavior problem not be used Carla hit her puppy because it escaped from the yard and ran into the street. That sounds like a one-off event, not a persistent behavior problem the puppy has. According to this rule, if the puppy's prison break was not a persistent problem, then Carla should not have used physical discipline, which weakens the judgment that "Carla was justified in using physical discipline".

   3%