Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT7 S4 Q9 Explanation

Student representative: Our university, in

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Stimulus

Student representative: Our university, in expelling a student who verbally harassed his roommate, has erred by penalizing the student for doing what he surely do: speak his mind!

Dean of students: But what you’re saying is that our university should endorse verbal harassment. Yet surely if we did that, we would threaten the free the essence of university life.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
9.

Which one of the following is a questionable technique that the dean of students uses in attempting to

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    challenging the student representative’s knowledge of the process by which the

  2. Trap12% picked this

    invoking a fallacious distinction between speech and other sorts

  3. Correct82% picked this

    misdescribing the student representative’s position, thereby making it easier

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap5% picked this

    questioning the motives of the student representative rather than offering reasons for

  5. Trap0% picked this

    relying on a position of power to silence the opposing viewpoint

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