Historian: It is unlikely that someone

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope2% picked this

   Historical events that fail to elicit moral disapproval are generally not considered to exemplify

   Out of Scope: moral disapproval Unrelated to Goal The correct answer to Sufficient Assumption shouldn't be introducing any new concepts, such as "failing to elicit moral disapproval". Our answer has to get us from "as we become less inclined to morally judge human behavior, we end up lacking clear and unambiguous moral beliefs".

   2%
2. B

   Correct64% picked this

   The less inclined one is to morally judge human behavior, the less likely it is that one holds

   Why this is right

   The more history you know, the less inclined you are to morally judge human behavior. The less inclined you are to morally judge human behavior, the less likely that you hold clear and unambiguous moral beliefs. When you don't hold clear and unambiguous moral beliefs, it's unlikely you'll see history as the working out of moral themes. The more history you know, the less likely you'll see history as the working out of moral themes.

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

   64%
3. C

   Relative vs. Absolute Illegal Opposite6% picked this

   Only those who do not understand human history attribute moral significance

   "if you don't understand history, you won't attribute moral significance to historical events", which is introducing some new language but sounds reminiscent of the ideas in the Conclusion. However, the conclusion is saying the more you understand history, the less likely you see history as the working out of moral themes. This answer feels like an Illegal Opposite of the conclusion (although this answer is conditional with absolute yes/no language, whereas the conclusion is actually relative). So it's the wrong kind of claim, it's acting more like an illegal opposite, and it's introducing new language that creates loose ends: is not attributing moral significance to historical events the same as not viewing history as the working out of moral themes?

   6%
4. D

   Unrelated to Goal20% picked this

   The more clear and unambiguous one's moral beliefs, the more likely one is to view history as the

   We are trying to connect "the more history you know, the less you see history as the working out of moral themes". The evidence only told us that "the more history you know, the less inclined you are to morally judge human behavior". If an answer choice doesn't take us from "the more history you know" or from "the less inclined you are to morally judge human behavior" to some other idea, then it is functionally useless to us. It can't help us to build on to what we know in order to derive the conclusion.

   20%
5. E

   Out of Scope8% picked this

   People tend to be less objective regarding a subject about which they possess extensive knowledge than regarding a subject about which they

   Out of Scope: objective Unrelated to Goal The correct answer to Sufficient Assumption shouldn't be introducing any new concepts, such as "being less objective". Our answer has to get us from "as we become less inclined to morally judge human behavior, we end up lacking clear and unambiguous moral beliefs".

   8%