Jeff: Proposed regulations concerning the

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Evidence Match1% picked this

   Regulations on the use of animals in scientific experimentation should be primarily concerned with respecting the feelings of the humans

   This answer helps us argue that regulations on animal experimentation should be worried about respecting the feelings of humans. This rule would help those mammals whom we empathize with and feel guilty experimenting on. But it wouldn't help the other mammals that Jeff wants to extend the prohibition to cover. We would want an answer saying that regulations on animal experimentation should be worried about respecting the capacity to feel pain of the research subjects.

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2. B

   Bad Conclusion Match4% picked this

   Whatever means are used to determine whether dogs and horses feel pain should also be used to determine

   This is a rule that governs how one should determine whether an animal feels pain. We've already determined that all mammals are capable of feeling pain. We need a rule that governs whether or not experimentation on an animal should be allowed.

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3. C

   Bad Conclusion Match7% picked this

   Only those experiments on animals that are known to cause those animals pain

   Since "only" always indicates a right side idea, this is saying if an experiment ? then it's known should be prohibited to cause pain By contraposing this, we could get a rule that says, "If it isn't known to cause pain, then it shouldn't be prohibited". A rule that allows us to conclude that experimentation shouldn't be prohibited is useless to us. Jeff is trying to conclude that experimentation should be prohibited.

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4. D

   Bad Conclusion Match18% picked this

   Scientists who perform experiments on animals should empathize with any mammal as much as they empathize

   This is a rule that governs whether one should empathize with a given animal. We need a rule that governs whether or not experimentation should be allowed on a given mammal.

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5. E

   Correct70% picked this

   Scientific experimentation should be prohibited on any creature that is capable

   Why this is right

   Since "any" always indicates a left side idea, this is saying a creature is capable ? experimentation of feeling pain should be prohibited That works great for Jeff's argument. He established that all mammals are capable of feeling pain, and so according to this rule we would get his conclusion that "experimentation should be prohibited on all mammals".

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

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