Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT134 S1 Q3 Explanation

Political scientist: Efforts to create

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Stimulus

Political scientist: Efforts to create a more egalitarian society are often wrongly criticized on the grounds that total equality would necessarily force everyone into a common mold. Equality is presumed by such critics to require unacceptably bland uniformity. But this is not so. By promoting complementary human more prosperous equality while enhancing rather than minimizing diversity.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
3.

The political scientist's argument proceeds

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    undermining a view by showing that its general acceptance would lead

  2. Correct92% picked this

    rebutting an objection by attacking the assumption on which it is said

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap1% picked this

    attacking a view by claiming that those who propose it are motivated

  4. Trap1% picked this

    claiming that whatever is true of a group must be true of each of the

  5. Trap5% picked this

    undermining an apparent counterexample to a

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