PT94.S4.Q26 - Can someone explain please?

Sophieeeeee

Don't understand the stimulus & why C is the right answer choice. Can someone explain please?

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dexterity

Oof, this one's brutal.

So, the pro-nuclear crowd is asking the anti-nuclear crowd to "live up to their own ideals" and help come up with better ways to dispose of nuclear waste. The author claims this is a dishonest act. How?

According to the author, the anti-nuclear crowd wants to completely get rid of nuclear power. However, finding better ways to dispose of nuclear waste would probably lead to wider acceptance of nuclear power and would thus make it more likely to continue.

C essentially says this:
"If one is asking people to do something that might undermine their goals for the sake of their ideals, then one is being dishonest."

Now, let's compare C to the passage:
Are people being asked to do something? Yes. Might this thing undermine their goals? Yes. Are they being asked to do this thing for the sake of their ideals? Yes.

So, since we have all the sufficient conditions in place, the necessary condition (dishonesty) follows. If this principle holds, then the author's argument is pretty much airtight, or at least damn near airtight. As none of the other ACs lend anywhere near this much support to the argument, C is the correct answer.

Hopefully that made sense!

Sophieeeeee

Yes! That makes total sense. Thank you so much for responding!