Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT138 S3 Q5 Explanation

Editorialist: Many professional musicians

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Stimulus

Editorialist: Many professional musicians claim that unauthorized music-sharing services, which allow listeners to obtain music for free, rob musicians of royalties. While it is true that musicians are deprived of royalties they deserve, music-sharing services are not to blame since record companies, inequitably large cut of the revenues from music sales.

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
5.

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

Answer choices

  1. Correct92% picked this

    concludes that one party is not blameworthy merely because another party

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap4% picked this

    attempts to promote a particular behavior simply by showing that many people engage

  3. Trap0% picked this

    attacks a position based solely on the character of the people who

  4. Trap1% picked this

    tries to show that a position is false simply by pointing out an undesirable consequence

  5. Trap2% picked this

    treats a necessary condition for blameworthiness as though it were a sufficient

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