PT150 S3 Q13 ExplanationHendry: Most employee strikes

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Unsupported 2nd Speaker3% picked this

   a university's students should be considered customers of

   Menkin has no position whatsoever on anything relating to universities, faculties, or students.

   3%
2. B

   Correct62% picked this

   most employee strikes would harm the

   Why this is right

   Menkin agrees with this, since she's arguing that if we follow Hendry's principle, it will mean that most strikes shouldn't be permitted. This implies that Menkin thinks that most strikes would harm the employer's customers. Hendry disagrees with this, because he thinks that most strikes should be permitted, and according to the principle he accepts, that means that most strikes do not harm the employer's customers.

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

   62%
3. C

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   strikes by university faculty should be

   Menkin has no position whatsoever on anything relating to universities, faculties, or students.

   6%
4. D

   Disagree Position Unsupported28% picked this

   most employee strikes should be legally

   We know that Hendry agrees with this, because he explicitly says so. But we don't know how Menkin feels about this. She only gave a judgment based on if we were to accept Hendry's principle. But she didn't say that she does accept Hendry's principle, so this hypothetical judgment doesn't reflect her actual beliefs. Suppose I said this hypothetical statement: "If I inherited $1 million, then I should donate $100,000 to the local food bank". That doesn't mean I am saying I should actually right now donate $100k to the local food bank. Suppose I were arguing with someone who had offensive views on women and said, "If women really weren't as smart as men, then you shouldn't have had a female obstetrician deliver your wife's baby". You can't accuse me of believing "You shouldn't have a female obstetrician deliver your baby", because that idea was just an implication of accepting someone else's ridiculous statement about women.

   28%
5. E

   Unsupported 2nd Speaker1% picked this

   faculty strikes harm a university's

   Menkin has no position whatsoever on anything relating to universities, faculties, or students.

   1%