Logical Reasoning

PT145 · S2 · Q8 Widespread use of the Internet

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Widespread use of the Internet has led to an increase in certain crimes such as information theft and to new crimes like hacking.

Conclusion (for this reason)

Steps should be taken to educate people about the ethical use of the Internet.

Evidence

People seem to feel more free to harm others through the Internet (such as info theft and hacking) and feel less morally constrained.

Evaluate

This argument involves a Problem and a Recommended solution. To strengthen this argument, we would want to hear that this recommended solution will actually help to address the problem.

Would "educating people about ethical use of the Internet" have any affect on this problem? Would ethical education lead to feeling more morally constrained?

Goal

Let's look for something like, or anything else that would strengthen the recommendation the author is offering for this problem.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in the argument?

Correct
Education about the ethical use
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.
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When new technologies emerge, society
Weak Conclusion Match
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..
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The more educated that people
Weakens
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.
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People feel morally constrained from
Unrelated to Goal
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.
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People who harm others through
Unrelated to Goal
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.
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