A law is successful primarily

Answer choices

1. A

   Not the Right Similarity4% picked this

   As with manners and other customs, laws vary from society

   This is making the correct comparison, between manners and laws, but the similarity is that they are both obeyed mainly because through customary behavior, behaving contrary to them feels unthinkable. The similarity was not that both things vary from society to society.

   4%
2. B

   Too Strong11% picked this

   As with manners, the primary basis for a society to consider when adopting a

   Too Strong: primary basis Not the Right Similarity This is comparing manners and law, but it's saying that the intended similarity is .. for both things, the primary reason for considering whether to adopt it is custom. The argument was saying for both things, the reason that people follow them is custom.

   11%
3. C

   Correct78% picked this

   As with manners, the main factor accounting for compliance with laws

   Why this is right

   This is comparing manners and laws, saying that for both things, the main reason people comply with them is custom. The argument said that "manners are observed because through repetition (custom), contrary behavior becomes unthinkable", and "laws are obeyed because acting otherwise would be uncustomary".

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

   78%
4. D

   Not the Right Similarity5% picked this

   As with manners, most laws do not prescribe behavior that is

   The author never gets as specific as most laws. And it seems like she probably believes that most laws are ethically required. The author seems to be acknowledging that laws are ethically required, and that laws do come with penalties if you break them. She is just saying that those two things are not the primary reason why laws are followed; the inertia of abiding by them makes breaking them feel too uncustomary.

   5%
5. E

   Not the Right Similarity2% picked this

   As with manners, most laws do not have strict penalties awaiting those

   This is almost identical to (D). The author never gets as specific as most laws. And it seems like she probably believes that most laws do have penalties awaiting those who transgress. She never gets as specific as to say whether those penalties are strict. The author seems to be acknowledging that laws are ethically required, and that laws do come with penalties if you break them. She is just saying that those two things are not the primary reason why laws are followed; the customary habit of following the law is the reason they're followed.

   2%