Widespread use of the Internet

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct92% picked this

   Education about the ethical use of a tool increases one’s sense of moral responsibility

   Why this is right

   This suggests that the author's recommendation (education about ethical use of Internet) would increase people's sense of moral responsibility regarding use of the internet. Currently they feel less morally constrained when they use the Internet. They feel more free to harm others. An increased sense of moral responsibility would make someone feel more constrained / less free to harm others. Also, this answer and (C) are the only two answers that deal with the conclusion / with the Recommendation: education about ethical use.

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

   92%
2. B

   Weak Conclusion Match5% picked this

   When new technologies emerge, society needs to formulate new ethical guidelines to cover the use

   The argument called for educating people about ethical use of the Internet, implying that standards of ethical use already exist but people need to be educated about it. This answer is saying that society needs to formulate new ethical guidelines..

   5%
3. C

   Weakens0% picked this

   The more educated that people are about the ethical usage of the Internet, the greater the amount of harm that

   This makes it sound like the recommended solution would backfire and make the problem even worse. The more we educate them about ethical use, the more ham people can do.

   0%
4. D

   Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   People feel morally constrained from doing an action only if that action causes

   This says nothing about "educating people about ethical use", so it does nothing to strengthen the author's recommendation that "ethical education" is how we should tackle this problem of people behaving badly on the Internet.

   1%
5. E

   Unrelated to Goal2% picked this

   People who harm others through impersonal means are no less culpable for their actions than are people who

   This says nothing about "educating people about ethical use", so it does nothing to strengthen the author's recommendation that "ethical education" is how we should tackle this problem of people behaving badly on the Internet.

   2%