Some people prefer to avoid facing

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope: otherwise willing7% picked this

   they will sometimes withhold comment in situations in which they would otherwise be

   The G1 person following this Golden Rule "treat others as you want to be treated" will always be withholding comment in situations involving unpleasant truths. We can't match up anything with the idea that "these G1 people would otherwise be willing to speak about these unpleasant truths". To put it another way, if the situation involves unpleasant truth, then G1 people will be "not willing to speak + withholding comment". If the situation involves pleasant truths, we don't actually know how G1 people will behave, but we might presume they would be "willing to speak + not withholding comment". We don't know of a scenario for them that combines "willing to speak + withholding comment".

   7%
2. B

   Correct84% picked this

   they will sometimes treat those in the latter group in a manner the members of this latter

   Why this is right

   This is addressing the tension that happens when a G1 talks to a G2 in a situation involving unpleasant truths. Since the G1 is following the rule to "treat others as you yourself would like to be treated", the G1 is going to avoid confronting an unpleasant truth. But that is not the manner that G2 people like. They want to hear and confront every truth, no matter how unpleasant. Say you're one of those people who likes mayonnaise on their french fries (you're gross, Europe). But you're dating someone who hates mayo on their fries. If you're ordering french fries for your date and you follow the rule to "treat others as you like to be treated", you'll be thinking, "Well if someone were buying fries for me, I would want them to slather mayo on the fries, so according to my moral rule, I should get mayo on the fries."

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

   84%
3. C

   Out of Scope3% picked this

   those in the latter group must be guided by an entirely different

   Out of Scope: guided by diff principle We don't have any reason to think that G2 people are guided by a different moral rule. It's entirely possible that G1 and G2 all subscribe to the moral rule of "treat others as you want to be treated", and that just means that sometimes G1 people behave in G1 ways around a G2 person (who doesn't like that). And sometimes G2 people behave in G2 ways around a G1 person (who doesn't like that).

   3%
4. D

   Out of Scope: latter group's response4% picked this

   those in the latter group will respond by concealing

   We have no way to derive how someone in G2 will respond to someone in G1. This answer is saying that G2 will respect G1's preferred style and conceal the ugly truths. But we don't know that. Maybe G2 follows this same rule of "treat others as you want to be treated", in which case the G2 people will respond by confronting the unpleasant truths.

   4%
5. E

   Contradicted1% picked this

   the result will meet with the approval of

   There's no way for both groups to be happy when unpleasant truths are lurking nearby, because the two groups want opposite reactions: one group wants to conceal ugly truths, and the other group wants to address those truths.

   1%