Kendrick: Governments that try to

Answer choices

1. A

   Contradicts: should be illegal5% picked this

   Any advertisement that encourages people to engage in an unhealthy practice should be made illegal, even though the legality of some

   This would contradict one of the two statements we're trying to reconcile. We're trying to reconcile 1. govt should try to prevent ads for cigs 2. govt should not made those ads illegal

   5%
2. B

   Unrelated to Goal17% picked this

   The advertisement of fattening foods, unlike that of cigarettes, should not be prevented, because fattening foods, unlike

   There was no apparent conflict between what Kendrick said about fatty foods and what he said about cigarettes. This answer is acting like Kendrick had a double-standard -- one thing should be true for cigarettes, but a different thing should be true for fatty foods -- and this answer sounds like it's trying to justify that different treatment. But Kendrick didn't have a double standard. He seemed to think that cigarette ads and fatty food ads were similar cases that should be treated similarly. There was no conflict there to explain.

   17%
3. C

   No Impact9% picked this

   Most advertisements should be legal, although advertisers are always morally responsible for ensuring that their advertisements do not encourage people

   This is too generic to resolve the conflict about ads for cigarettes. Sure, most ads should be legal, but the ones we would probably consider the exceptions are the ones where advertisers are lying to people or encouraging people to do something harmful. The idea that advertisers are morally responsible doesn't fit this paradox. That would help explain someone who is saying, "Governments should not try to prevent these ads. It's the advertisers' moral responsibility to prevent them if the advertisers think the ads might encourage unhealthy practices."

   9%
4. D

   Correct41% picked this

   Governments should try to prevent the advertisement of cigarettes by means of financial disincentives rather

   Why this is right

   This helps us to reconcile these two claims: 1. government should try to prevent ads for cigarettes' 2. government should not made those ads illegal If Kendrick thinks governments should try to prevent ads for cigarettes, but not by making them illegal, then he must think that they should try to prevent them some other way, such as taxes / fees / fines.

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

   41%
5. E

   Contradicts: should not try preventing28% picked this

   Governments should place restrictions on cigarette advertisements so as to keep them from encouraging people to engage in unhealthy practices, but should

   This would contradict the first of the two statements we're trying to reconcile. We're trying to reconcile 1. government should try to prevent ads for cigarettes' 2. government should not made those ads illegal And this answer is saying that "governments should not try to prevent ads for cigarettes'".

   28%