Logical Reasoning

PT18 · S4 · Q1 Biotechnology companies say that voluntary

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Biotechnology companies say that voluntary guidelines for their industry are sufficient to ensure that no harm will result when a genetically altered organism is released into the environment.

Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion more likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that are consistent with the argument but add no real support, or that strengthen a claim the argument doesn't make.

Winning move

Locate the gap between evidence and conclusion, then pick the choice that closes it.

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Which one of the following principles, if accepted, most strongly justifies drawing the conclusion above?

  1. Voluntary guidelines are sufficient to

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. Correct

    People who engage in an

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    93% picked this

  3. Methods that result in harm

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. A company is obligated to

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. Issues of environmental protection are

    Trap

    1% picked this

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