- Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:38 am
#27343
Complete Question Explanation
Strengthen—PR. The correct answer choice is (D)
In this stimulus, the advocate alleges hypocrisy on the part of the electric car owner:
Answer choice (A): Although it is consistent with the argument in the stimulus, it does this choice does not provide much strength to the author’s conclusion. The author’s point is not that the electric car is wrong despite its lower detriment—the point is that the electric car driver should not be driving a vehicle produced by gas-car makers.
Answer choice (B): The advocate’s argument does not rest on whether the electric car is the least polluting, but on the fact that the car is made by the same organization that makes the more polluting, gas-powered vehicles.
Answer choice (C): The advocate would not likely argue that one should purchase every product with no negative consequences. Additionally, the advocate concedes that the electric car carries some negative consequences (which “pollutes far less”), so this principle would be entirely irrelevant to the argument in the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice, restating the principle from our discussion above. If one should not support an organization that takes part in anything one believes to be wrong, then the advocate’s argument is certainly bolstered.
Answer choice (E): This principle has no effect on the advocate’s argument, which is not that the car company makes no environmentally sound products, but rather that it makes some products that are not as environmentally friendly (gas-powered cars).
Strengthen—PR. The correct answer choice is (D)
In this stimulus, the advocate alleges hypocrisy on the part of the electric car owner:
- Premise:
You claim that it’s wrong to own a polluting, gas-powered car.
Premise: You have a less polluting electric car.
Premise: You’re a patron of your car’s maker, who makes gas-powered cars as well.
Conclusion: If you are right about objecting to gas-powered cars, then you should not be driving your electric car.
Answer choice (A): Although it is consistent with the argument in the stimulus, it does this choice does not provide much strength to the author’s conclusion. The author’s point is not that the electric car is wrong despite its lower detriment—the point is that the electric car driver should not be driving a vehicle produced by gas-car makers.
Answer choice (B): The advocate’s argument does not rest on whether the electric car is the least polluting, but on the fact that the car is made by the same organization that makes the more polluting, gas-powered vehicles.
Answer choice (C): The advocate would not likely argue that one should purchase every product with no negative consequences. Additionally, the advocate concedes that the electric car carries some negative consequences (which “pollutes far less”), so this principle would be entirely irrelevant to the argument in the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice, restating the principle from our discussion above. If one should not support an organization that takes part in anything one believes to be wrong, then the advocate’s argument is certainly bolstered.
Answer choice (E): This principle has no effect on the advocate’s argument, which is not that the car company makes no environmentally sound products, but rather that it makes some products that are not as environmentally friendly (gas-powered cars).
