Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT17 S3 Q5 Explanation

Walter and Larissa are logically

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TopicsAgree/Disagree

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Stimulus

Walter: For the economically privileged in a society to tolerate an injustice perpetrated against one of society's disadvantaged is not just morally wrong but also shortsighted: a system that inflicts an injustice on a disadvantaged person same injustice on a well-to-do person tomorrow.

Larissa: In our society, the wealthy as well as the well-educated can protect themselves against all sorts of injustices suffered by the less well-off. Allowing such injustices to persist is bad policy not because it places everyone at is a potent source of social unrest.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
5.

Walter and Larissa are logically committed by what they say to disagreeing about which one

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    whether the poor and the rich are part of the same

  2. Trap1% picked this

    whether the most successful members of a society are that society’s

  3. Trap2% picked this

    whether the disadvantaged members of society suffer

  4. Trap6% picked this

    whether those who have the most advantages in a society are morally obligated to correct

  5. Correct86% picked this

    whether the economically privileged members of a society are less exposed to certain sorts of injustices than

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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