Glen: An emphasis on law's

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong1% picked this

   citizens can be assumed to be capable of making good choices

   Too Strong: "incapable of making good choices" We wouldn't be able to infer that either person disagrees with this statement, since disagreeing with it involves making the extreme claim that citizens cannot be assumed to be capable of good choices on their own.

   1%
2. B

   Out of Scope Comparison11% picked this

   virtuousness on the part of citizens is more important than the protection

   Out of Scope Comparison: "virtuousness vs. protecting rights" This is very close to feeling like a good answer, but neither person is ranking having virtuous citizens vs. protecting rights. Glen is concerned that the procedural emphasis of law is skewing people away from being concerned with society's welfare. Sara is concerned that a different emphasis of law (trying to create virtuous citizens) would put government into a dangerous role of deciding on virtue. We could possibly turn this into a correct answer by focusing it more on the role of law/government: "cultivating virtue on the part of citizens is a more important goal of law than protecting citizens' rights".

   11%
3. C

   Half Scope14% picked this

   there is an inherent danger in allowing government to decide what constitutes virtuous

   We know that Sara would agree with this, but we don't have the means to infer Glen's position, since he didn't speak about the government deciding on what constitutes virtuous behavior.

   14%
4. D

   Both Agree2% picked this

   an emphasis on law's purely procedural side results in government's being overprotective

   They would likely both agree with this, since Glen thinks emphasizing procedural produces a concern with personal rights, and Sara acknowledges that the government may be overprotective of rights, given this emphasis.

   2%
5. E

   Correct72% picked this

   the cultivation of virtue among citizens should be the primary role

   Why this is right

   We know that Glen would agree because his final sentence essentially says as much. We can infer that Sara disagrees because she says, "Such a role would .... be more dangerous than the current emphasis on personal rights".

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

   72%