Logical Reasoning

PT126 · S3 · Q17 Real estate agent: Upon selling

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Real estate agent: Upon selling a home, the sellers are legally entitled to remove any items that are not permanent fixtures.

Evidence

Many Prospective buyers of ALAI homes for sale are likely to assume that large appliances in the home would be included with its purchase.

Conclusion

Sellers who will be keeping MO the appliances are morally obliged either to remove them before showing the home or to indicated in some other way that the appliances are not included

Evaluate

The argument assumes that ALAI → MO if some people would assume the appliances would be included with the sale of the home, then the seller is morally obliged to remove them before showing the home or indicate in some other way that the appliances are not included.

17.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the real estate agent's argumentation?

  1. Correct

    If a home's sellers will

    Why this is right

    This principle bridges the gap ALAI → MO between a prospective buyer assuming the large appliances would be included with the purchase of the home and the moral obligation to indicate that those items will not be included.

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

    71% picked this

  2. A home's sellers are morally

    Wrong Conclusion

    This principle would morally oblige the seller to ensure that the prospective buyers do not assume the large appliances are permanent, while the argument's conclusion is about what sellers are obligated to do in response to such an assumption

    10% picked this

  3. A home's sellers are morally

    Wrong Conclusion

    This principle would morally oblige the seller to include some the large appliances, but the argument's conclusion permits the seller to remove those items if they indicate somehow that they are not included with the sale of the home.

    1% picked this

  4. A home's sellers are morally

    Wrong Conclusion

    This principle would morally oblige the seller not to deliberately mislead any prospective buyers, but the argument includes unintentionally misleading any prospective buyers

    16% picked this

  5. If a home's sellers have

    Wrong Evidence

    This principle is about what happens when the seller indicates that a large appliance is included but does not cover instances when the seller has not indicated what happens with the large appliances.

    3% picked this

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