Self-study
Insurance that was to become effective at 9 A.M. on a certain date was taken out on the life of a flight attendant. ██ ████ ██ ████ ████ ██ ██ ████ █████ █████ █████ ███ ███ █████ ██████ █ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████ █████ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ██████████ ███ █████████ ███████ █████████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ ███ ██████ ██████████ █ ██████████████ ██ ███ ██████ ███████████ ████████████ ███ ███████ █████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ██████ ██████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ █████████ ███ ████ ███ ████████ ████ ████████ ███ ███ ███ ████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The representative concludes that the insurance company should pay out a flight attendant’s life insurance policy, even though there is a question of whether the policy had become effective when he died. In support, the representative says that the flight attendant had been the only support for his beneficiary, his mother, and that she is also ill.
Identify and Describe Flaw
The representative is trying to counter the insurance company’s argument about the timing of the policy by appealing to emotional concerns about the beneficiary. This just doesn’t address the concern raised by the insurance company.
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The representative's argument is flawed ██ █ ███████ ██ ███ █████████ █████████ ██████████ ███████
a
the conclusion is ██ ████ ████ █ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████ ██ ███████ ██ ██
The representative’s conclusion is that the insurance company should pay out the policy, which is totally different from the supporting evidence about the beneficiary being vulnerable and ill.
b
it appeals to ███ ███████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ███ █████ ██████
The representative’s support is entirely about the beneficiary being vulnerable and ill, which attempts to evoke pity as a reason to pay out the policy. This does not address the issue of timing raised by the insurance company.
c
it makes an ███████████ ███████████ ███████ ██████ ███████████ ███ ████████ ███████████
The representative never makes a distinction between family and business obligations.
d
it substitutes an ██████ ██ █ ██████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ███████
The representative never attacks anyone.
e
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The representative doesn’t make any claims about cause and effect.