To act responsibly in one's

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Conclusion Match1% picked this

   Peggy acted responsibly in ordering new computers for the school last year because they turned out to be needed due to an

   This is concluding the person did act responsibly, so we needn't read any further. Our Principle can only derive the conclusion "did not act responsibly", because you can only conclude what's on the right side of the arrow. If you weren't acting then you weren't on info you tried to ? acting responsibly make sure was true in your professional and accurate capacity

   1%
2. B

   Bad Conclusion Match30% picked this

   Mary acted responsibly in firing John, for she first examined the details of his work record and listened to negative reports from

   This is concluding the person did act responsibly, so we needn't read any further. Our Principle can only derive the conclusion "did not act responsibly", because you can only conclude what's on the right side of the arrow. If you weren't acting then you weren't on info you tried to ? acting responsibly make sure was true in your professional and accurate capacity

   30%
3. C

   Correct59% picked this

   Toril did not act responsibly in investing the company's money in Twicycled Ink, for, though the investment yielded a large return, she had not

   Why this is right

   Correct This is concluding the person did not act responsibly, so it's worth reading. Does the evidence establish that Toril didn't act on well-verified information? If you weren't acting then you weren't on info you tried to ? acting responsibly make sure was true in your professional and accurate capacity Yes! It says that "she had not investigated the risks of the investment". And was this irresponsible behavior done in Toril's professional capacity? Yes, she was investing the company's money.

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

   59%
4. D

   Bad Trigger Match0% picked this

   Conchita did not act responsibly in hiring Helmer to do the company's bookkeeping because Helmer made a mistake that cost the company a lot

   This is concluding the person did not act responsibly, so it's worth reading. Does the evidence establish that Conchita didn't act on well-verified information? If you weren't acting then you weren't on info you tried to ? acting responsibly make sure was true in your professional and accurate capacity Not really. It doesn't say one way or the other whether Conchita made a reasonable effort to make sure she was acting on true / complete info, but in order for an answer to be correct it needs to tell us explicitly that she wasn't acting on info she verified was good. The fact that Helmer made a mistake he had never made before is consistent with the idea that she did do her due diligence and Helmer had nothing like this in his past.

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5. E

   Bad Trigger Match9% picked this

   Jennifer did not act responsibly in deciding where to go on her vacation because, instead of carefully weighing her options, she waited until the

   This is concluding the person did not act responsibly, so it's worth reading. Does the evidence establish that Jennifer didn't act on well-verified information? If you weren't acting then you weren't on info you tried to ? acting responsibly make sure was true in your professional and accurate capacity Yes, it does. She acted on impulse, not well-verified info. And was she acting irresponsibly in her professional capacity? No, she was just booking vacation, which sounds like a personal decision, so this principle doesn't apply.

   9%