Logical Reasoning

PT135 · S2 · Q8 Caldwell: The government recently

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Caldwell: The government recently demolished a former naval base.

Evidence

The government recently demolished a former naval base.

Among the complex's facilities were a gymnasium, a swimming pool, office buildings, gardens, and housing for hundreds of people.

Of course the government was legally permitted to use these facilities as it wished.

But clearly, using them for the good GCBE of the community would have benefited everyone.

Conclusion

The government's actions were not ~E + ~M

only inefficient but immoral.

Evaluate

There is difference between what is GCBE → ~E+ ~M moral and what benefits the community. Simply acting in a way that does not benefit a community does not suggest that an action was immoral. Or put another way the argument assumes that if an alternative course of action would have benefited everyone, then the chosen course of action was inefficient and immoral.

8.

Caldwell's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it

  1. Correct

    fails to consider that an

    Why this is right

    This answer attacks the assumption by pointing out the difference between the morality of an action and whether that action is to everyone's advantage.

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

    82% picked this

  2. presumes, without providing justification, that

    Contradiction

    The argument does assume that the consequences of an action are relevant to the action's moral permissibility.

    7% picked this

  3. presumes, without providing justification, that

    Too Strong

    The argument concludes that the government did not act in the most efficient manner in this case, but not in all cases.

    1% picked this

  4. presumes, without providing justification, that

    Irrelevant Relationship

    The argument does conclude that the government's action was both immoral and inefficient, but not that all immoral actions are inefficient.

    5% picked this

  5. inappropriately treats two possible courses

    Wrong Flaw

    The argument does not rule out other possible courses of action. Instead it judges one action on the grounds that another, possibly preferable, action was possible.

    5% picked this

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