Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT128 S2 Q9 Explanation

A proposed amendment would allow

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Stimulus

A proposed amendment would allow the city council to decide that certain city elections be conducted solely by mail. But voting is a sacred right in democracies, one that has always been exercised by voting in person and not by mail. allowed, and the proposed amendment should be rejected.

What this question is testing

Flaw

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.

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The question
9.

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    presumes, without providing justification, that the right to vote is not violated unless elections are

  2. Trap2% picked this

    presumes, without providing justification, that if citizens have always had a certain legal right, they will continue to have

  3. Correct90% picked this

    presents an appeal to tradition as the only reason for rejecting

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap2% picked this

    fails to consider the possibility that, even if it gains the power to do so, the city council might

  5. Trap1% picked this

    has a premise that is logically incompatible with the

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