PT157 S3 Q13 ExplanationPolitical theorist: The purpose of

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Out of Scope4% picked this

   Governments alone are not able to convince individuals to take a reasoned approach to getting

   Whether governments can convince individuals to be reasonable is not part of the argument. The evidence is about government preventing injury; the conclusion is about what happens if people are reasonable. How people become reasonable is outside the scope.

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2. B

   Out of Scope7% picked this

   Government can serve its purpose without diminishing people’s ability to promote

   Whether government can serve its purpose without diminishing people's ability to promote their welfare is not required by the argument. The argument is about what happens when people are reasonable — not about how government exercises its power. Even if government sometimes diminishes people's welfare while preventing injury, the argument's logic would still hold.

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3. C

   Correct87% picked this

   People who take a reasoned approach to getting what they want are less likely to injure other people than

   Why this is right

   This bridges the central gap. The evidence says government exists to prevent people from injuring others. The conclusion says reasonable people need less government. The missing link: reasonable people are less likely to injure others. If this is not true — if reasonable people injure others just as often — then being reasonable would not reduce the need for government's injury-prevention purpose. Negating this assumption destroys the argument.

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

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4. D

   Out of Scope1% picked this

   People who injure other people in the pursuit of their own welfare will eventually be treated in the

   Whether people who injure others will be treated the same way is about reciprocity or karma, not about the argument's logic. The argument concerns the relationship between reasonable behavior and government power, not what happens to people who injure others.

   1%
5. E

   Out of Scope2% picked this

   The more interest people have in promoting their own welfare, the less likely they are to

   The argument discusses people injuring others. Whether interest in one's own welfare affects the likelihood of being injured oneself is a different question. The evidence is about preventing people from committing injury, not about factors that make people more or less likely to be victims.

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