If an act of civil

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1. A

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   Keisha’s protest against what she perceived to be a brutal and repressive dictatorship in another country was an act of justified civil disobedience, because

   Since this one is concluding that the act of civil disobedience was justified, we should be trying to use rule 2. Does this argument establish that Keisha performed an act of civil disobedience because her conscience required her to do so? Nope. It just says she acted purely out of concern for the people of that country (language from rule 1, which is totally irrelevant here, since rule 1 can only prove that an act of C.D. was unjustified).

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2. B

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   Janice’s protest against a law that forbade labor strikes was motivated solely by a desire to help local mine workers obtain fair wages. But

   Since this one is concluding that the act of civil disobedience was not justified, we should be trying to use rule 1. Does this argument establish that Janice performed an act of civil disobedience out of self-interest alone / not out of concern for others? No, it says the opposite. It said she did it solely out of concern for others.

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3. C

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   In organizing an illegal protest against the practice in her country of having prison inmates work eighteen hours per day, Georgette performed an act

   Since this one is concluding that the act of civil disobedience was justified, we should be trying to use rule 2. Does this argument establish that Georgette performed an act of civil disobedience because her conscience required her to do so? Nope. It just says she acted purely out of concern for the people of that country (language from rule 1, which is totally irrelevant here, since rule 1 can only prove that an act of C.D. was unjustified).

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4. D

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   Maria’s deliberate violation of a law requiring prepublication government approval of all printed materials was an act of justified civil disobedience: though her interest

   Why this is right

   Since this one is concluding that the act of civil disobedience was justified, we should be trying to use rule 2. Does this argument establish that Maria performed an act of civil disobedience because her conscience required her to do so? Yup! It says "she violated the law because her conscience required doing so".

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

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5. E

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   In organizing a parade of motorcyclists riding without helmets through the capital city, Louise’s act was not one of justified civil disobedience: she was

   Since this one is concluding that the act of civil disobedience was not justified, we should be trying to use rule 1. Does this argument establish that Louise performed an act of civil disobedience out of self interest alone, not out of concern for others? No, it doesn't talk about that at all. Instead, it's inappropriately talking about conscience as though we're using rule 2. Rule 2 only has the power to prove that an act of civil disobedience is justified.

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