Arnold: I was recently denied a

Answer choices

1. A

   Unrelated to Goal22% picked this

   if the only reason the passenger is forced to take a later flight is that the airline

   Unrelated to Goal: if Bad Conclusion Match As we mentioned earlier, a sufficient indicator won't help us. This answer creates a rule that looks like this, only reason passenger airline morally forced to take later flight ? obligated to is orig was overbooked compensate The right side doesn't match Jamie's conclusion, because she is saying the airline is not morally obligated to compensate.

   22%
2. B

   Bad Trigger Match18% picked this

   only if there is a reason the passenger is forced to take a later flight other than the original flight’s being

   Since this has the desired necessary indicator "only if", we'll immediately contrapose this so that we can get "airline not obligated to pay" on the right side, matching up with Jamie's conclusion. This rule says the reason the passenger is airline not forced to take later flight ? morally obliged IS because original flight to compensate was canceled for bad weather In the case of Arnold, was the reason he was forced to take the later flight because the original was canceled for bad weather? Nope. He was forced to take the later flight because the original was overbooked. Since the trigger doesn't match Arnold's situation, it's useless to us here.

   18%
3. C

   Correct44% picked this

   only if the passenger would not have been forced to take a later flight had the airline not

   Why this is right

   Since this has the desired necessary indicator "only if", we'll immediately contrapose this so that we can get "airline not obligated to pay" on the right side, matching up with Jamie's conclusion. This rule says the passenger would have airline not been forced to take later flight ? morally obliged even if original flight hadn't to compensate been overbooked In the case of Arnold, would he have been forced to take a later flight, even if the original flight hadn't been overbooked? Yes, because the original flight ended up being canceled for bad weather. Since the trigger matches Arnold's situation and the outcome matchers Jamie's conclusion, we've got a good answer.

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

   44%
4. D

   Unrelated to Goal4% picked this

   even if the only reason the passenger is forced to take a later flight were that the original flight is

   Unrelated to Goal: even if Bad Conclusion Match When we say "X even if Y", that just means that X happens no matter what, whether Y does or doesn't happen. So this rule is saying "the airline is obligated to compensate, even if [stuff]". A rule like that won't help us. It will be saying that the airline is obligated to compensate, whether or not [stuff] happens. That doesn't match Jamie's conclusion, because she is saying the airline is not morally obligated to compensate.

   4%
5. E

   Unrelated to Goal12% picked this

   even if the passenger would still have been forced to take a later flight had the airline not

   Unrelated to Goal: even if Bad Conclusion Match When we say "X even if Y", that just means that X happens no matter what, whether Y does or doesn't happen. So this rule is saying "the airline is obligated to compensate, even if [stuff]". A rule like that won't help us. It will be saying that the airline is obligated to compensate, whether or not [stuff] happens. That doesn't match Jamie's conclusion, because she is saying the airline is not morally obligated to compensate.

   12%