Logical Reasoning

PT127 · S1 · Q12 Many people say that the

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Many people say that the press should not pry into the personal lives of private individuals.

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

12.

The argument's reasoning is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument presumes, without giving warrant, that

  1. the press can publish nonlibelous

    Trap

    4% picked this

  2. Correct

    one’s having a right to

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    85% picked this

  3. the publishing of information about

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. if one has an obligation

    Trap

    6% picked this

  5. the press’s right to publish

    Trap

    1% picked this

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