Raphaela: Forcing people to help

Answer choices

1. A

   Trap3% picked this

   Any government that does not permit emigration would be morally wrong to redistribute

   Out Of Scope Person 2: Morals Both Agree, If Anything Edward never touched on morally wrong, just whether governments do or don't have a right. He also never discussed what would be true for governments that don't permit emigration. We only know how he feels about those that do permit emigration. If we were stretching his comments in a Most Supported way, we would assume that Edward might be saying "the governments that don't permit emigration don't have the right to tax their people", in which case he would be agreeing with Raphaela.

   3%
2. B

   Correct64% picked this

   Any government that permits emigration has the right to redistribute resources

   Why this is right

   Edward would say YES, because that's essentially exactly what his sentence is saying. Raphaela would say NO, because she believes that no government (that covers all types of governments) have the right to redistribute. "Emigration" means leaving a country to another. You emigrate from your old nation; you immigrate into your new nation. The freedom to leave = Permission to emigrate

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

   64%
3. C

   No Comment From Either4% picked this

   Every government should allow people to help

   We couldn't infer this categorical claim about what "ALL governments should do" from either person's statements. But, presumably, both parties would agree to this, since it's such a weak idea. "Fine, citizen, we'll allow you to voluntarily help other people."

   4%
4. D

   Out Of Scope Person 2: Force28% picked this

   Any government that redistributes resources via taxation forces people to

   Raphaela would presumably say YES to this, because she's implying by connecting the first sentence to the second that redistributing by taxation counts as forcing people to help others. But, we have no idea how Edward feels about the concept of "forcing". He might well agree that, "Yes, it is forcing. But since these governments that permit emigration aren't forcing their citizens to stay, they have the right to force the ones who choose to stay to redistribute via taxation".

   28%
5. E

   Too Strong: Any / Should1% picked this

   Any government that forces people to help others should

   The only person who would potentially agree to this is Edward, and we can't say that he's committed to this strong an idea. He says permits emigration ? has right to "force help" This answer is saying the reversed logic version of that forces help ? should permit emigration

   1%