Self-study
Undoubtedly, Conclusion one's freedom is always worth the risk of losing one's life. ████████ █ ██████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ █ ████ ██████ ████ ████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ █████
Summarize Argument
The author concludes that a person’s freedom is always worth the risk of losing their life, citing an example of someone locked in a room with no hope of escape and who, as a result, has nothing to lose.
Identify and Describe Flaw
The author uses an example of someone locked in an inescapable cement room with nothing to lose to support the conclusion that one’s freedom is always worth the risk of losing one’s life. However, the argument’s reasoning is flawed because the author’s specific, extreme example doesn’t necessarily justify the generalized statement that one’s freedom is always, in all cases, worth the risk of losing one’s life.
12.
A flaw in the argument's █████████ ██ ████ ███ ████████
a
presumes, without providing ██████████████ ████ ███████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ████ █████ ███ ███████
The author doesn’t presume this. She argues that one’s freedom is always worth the risk of losing one’s life, but she never says that nothing is more valuable than freedom. The author may believe that many things are more valuable than freedom.
b
fails to consider ████ ██ ██ ███ ██████ ████████ ██ █████ ██████████ ███████ ██ ████████████ ██ █████ ███████
The author doesn’t state or imply that she thinks it’s always possible to rebel physically against an encroachment on one’s freedom, and her stance on this issue is irrelevant to the soundness of her conclusion.
c
generalizes inappropriately from █ ██████ ███████ ████ ██ █ █████████ █████
This is the flaw that the author commits. Using a single, extreme example of someone locked in a cement room, the author then makes a universal claim that one’s freedom is always more valuable than the risk of losing one’s life. The example doesn’t necessarily justify the claim.
d
fails to establish ████ ███ ███████ ██ ██████ ██ █████ ██████ █████ ███
The author’s argument isn’t concerned with the freedom of others. The author’s argument is only concerned with one’s own freedom and life.
e
overlooks the possibility ████ ████ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ █████ ███ ███████
We don’t know if the author overlooks this. However, even if she does, it has no bearing on whether her conclusion, that one’s freedom is always more valuable than the risk of losing one’s life, is valid.