Principle: If one does not criticize

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct86% picked this

   Both McFeney and Shimada are regularly tardy, but Shimada criticizes McFeney’s tardiness without

   Why this is right

   This establishes that tardiness "is a form of behavior in Shimada" as well as "a form of behavior in McFeney", and it establishes that Shimada doesn't criticize his own tardiness. That's what we were missing. Now that we've established that Shimada is tardy, doesn't criticize himself for it , and doesn't vow to stop being tardy, we can apply this principle and justifiably conclude, "Shimada shouldn't criticize tardiness in others".

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

   86%
2. B

   Unrelated to Goal2% picked this

   McFeney is regularly tardy, but Shimada is almost

   We need to know that Shimada doesn't criticize himself for his tardiness, or else we haven't established the trigger condition of this principle.

   2%
3. C

   Unrelated to Goal3% picked this

   McFeney often criticizes Shimada for being tardy, but neither Shimada nor McFeney ever vows to

   We need to know that Shimada doesn't criticize himself for his tardiness, or else we haven't established the trigger condition of this principle. This only says that Shimada gets criticized by others for being tardy. We need to know whether Shimada ever criticizes himself for his tardiness.

   3%
4. D

   Opposite of Goal9% picked this

   Shimada criticizes McFeney for regularly being tardy, but also criticizes himself

   We need to know that Shimada doesn't criticize himself for his tardiness, but this says that he does.

   9%
5. E

   Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   Neither McFeney nor Shimada is regularly tardy, but Shimada criticizes McFeney

   We need to know that Shimada doesn't criticize himself for his tardiness, or else we haven't established the trigger condition of this principle.

   1%