- Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:58 pm
#77088
Hi w35t,
Zero in first on the strength and certainty of the conclusion in the stimulus, which says "the only solution is to get rid of the television." This conclusion is flawed because there might be other solutions that allow for some compromise. Maybe people could keep the television and watch it in times when they're alone, but shut it off so that they can converse when family is around.
Answer choice C has a similarly overly strong and overly certain conclusion, where there are possible compromise solutions. The conclusion says, "the only remedy is to eliminate spectator sports." But isn't possible people could still watch spectator sports occasionally, and also engage in physical exercise at other times to keep themselves healthy? Sure! Same problem as with the argument in the stimulus.
The problem with answer choice D is that its "solution" in the conclusion is not quite so definitive and absolute as the stimulus and answer choice C. If answer choice D were going to match the stimulus the solution offered in the conclusion would have to be to entirely "get rid of" the private car (rather than just "encouraging" an alternative to the private car).
I hope this helps!
Jeremy
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