Logical Reasoning

PT117 · S3 · Q8 Rossi: It is undemocratic for

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Rossi: It is undemocratic for people to live under a government in which their interests are not represented.

Conclusion (so)

Children should have the right to vote.

Evidence (since)

Children's interests are sometimes different from their parents', It is undemocratic for people to live under a government in which their interests are not represented".

Evaluate

Does this look like any of the Big 3 moves in Method (analogies, faulty implications, or alternatives)? No, not really.

How else could we describe it? The author points out a problem and then prescribes a solution. It calls out an undemocratic state of affairs and then makes a recommendation.

Goal

Find any answer that says a true description of Rossi's argument.

Which one of the following most accurately describes Rossi's argument?

Correct
It makes an appeal to
Why this is right
An "appeal to X" means that X was part of your evidence. Were either of the author's two premises a general principle? Sure, "It is undemocratic for people to live under a government in which their interests are not represented" sounds like a general principle. This answer says something true, so it's correct!
Skill tested: Method · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
78% picked this
It denies the good faith
Bad Description
Rossi doesn't have any opponent he's talking to, so it's impossible for him to deny their good faith (i.e. to attack their sincerity or honesty).
1% picked this
It relies on evaluating the
Bad Description
Rossi's proposal is for kids to have the right to vote. What are the predictable consequences of giving children the right to vote? I don't know. Rossi probably doesn't either. He didn't mention any.
6% picked this
It substitutes description for giving
Bad Description
Rossi does give a rationale for why kids should have the right to vote: they have different interests from their parents' and it's undemocratic to live under a government where your interests aren't represented.
11% picked this
It employs a term on
Bad Description
Maybe one day there will be a correct answer to a Method question that describes a famous flaw. But there never has been. Rossi doesn't equivocate on any key term.
4% picked this

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