Logical Reasoning

PT133 · S2 · Q25 In ancient Greece, court witnesses

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In ancient Greece, court witnesses were not cross­ examined and the jury, selected from the citizenry, received no guidance on points of law; thus, it was extremely important for litigants to make a good impression on the jurors.

Evidence

It was extremely important for litigants to make a good impression on the jurors.

Conclusion

Courtroom oratory by litigants is a good source of data on the common conceptions of morality held by the citizens of ancient Greece.

Evaluate

The argument assumes that impressing the jurors was best accomplished by reflecting the common conceptions of morality held by the citizenry.

25.

Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument?

  1. Litigants believed jurors were more

    Out of Scope - Term Shift

    Personality is not the same as morality.

    7% picked this

  2. Litigants believed jurors were more

    Too Weak

    Close scrutiny of one’s moral code does not necessarily mean that the moral code was going to reflect the average citizen. It could be that litigants would profess an idealized moral code rather than one that accurately reflected the average citizen.

    6% picked this

  3. Correct

    Litigants believed jurors were likely

    Why this is right

    This connects the need to impress the jurors with the professed moral code being a good indication of the moral code commonly held by the citizens of Greece.

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

    84% picked this

  4. Litigants believed jurors to be

    Weakens

    This suggests that oratory by litigants would be a good source of data on something other than the common conceptions of morality.

    1% picked this

  5. Litigants believed jurors were likely

    Weakens

    This suggests that oratory by litigants would be a good source of data on something other than the common conceptions of morality.

    3% picked this

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