Logical Reasoning

PT134 · S2 · Q19 Educator: It has been argued

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Educator: It has been argued that our professional organization should make decisions about important issues—such as raising dues and taking political stands—by a direct vote of all members rather than by having members vote for officers who in turn make the decisions.

Evidence

The vote of any given individual is much more likely to determine organizational policy by influencing the election of an officer than by influencing the result of a direct vote on a single issue.

Conclusion

To have members vote for officers who in turn make the decisions is a better way to go than to have a direct vote of all members on a single issue.

Evaluate

The argument assumes that the right process is the process that maximizes the voters likely influence.

19.

Which one of the following principles would, if valid, most help to justify the educator's reasoning?

  1. No procedure for making organizational

    Wrong Evidence

    This principle does not apply since neither process would allow one individual’s vote to weigh more than that of another.

    8% picked this

  2. Outcomes of organizational elections should

    Out of Scope

    This principle is about the outcomes of organizational elections, while the argument is about the process by which those organizations make decisions.

    9% picked this

  3. Important issues facing organizations should

    Wrong Evidence

    This does not justify the reasoning, since it does not rely on the argument’s evidence. This offers another characteristic of representative government as support.

    12% picked this

  4. An officer of an organization

    Out of Scope

    This principle is about the decisions of an officer, while the argument is about the procedures by which an organization makes decisions.

    12% picked this

  5. Correct

    An organization's procedures for making

    Why this is right

    This bridges the gap between maximizing the influence of each member of the organization and the process by which that organization should make decisions.

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

    59% picked this

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