Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT15 S3 Q7 Explanation

Politician: Unless our nation redistributes wealth

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Stimulus

Politician: Unless our nation redistributes wealth, we will be unable to alleviate economic injustice and our current system will lead inevitably to intolerable economic inequities. If the inequities become intolerable, those who suffer from the injustice will resort to violence to coerce social reform. It is our nation’s responsibility would otherwise give rise to violent attempts at social reform.

What this question is testing

Must be True

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
7.

The statements above logically commit the politician to which one of the

Answer choices

  1. Trap3% picked this

    The need for political reform never justifies a resort to

  2. Correct79% picked this

    It is our nation’s responsibility to

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap1% picked this

    Politicians must base decisions on political expediency rather than on abstract

  4. Trap6% picked this

    Economic injustice need not be remedied unless it leads to intolerable

  5. Trap11% picked this

    All that is required to create conditions of economic justice is the

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