Self-study
Conclusion A government ought to protect and encourage free speech, because Support free speech is an activity that is conducive to a healthy nation Support and thus is in the best interest of its people.
Summary
Governments should promote free speech. This is because free speech is in the best interest of a nation’s people.
Missing Connection
The conclusion is an “ought” statement about what government should do. But the support doesn’t say anything about what government should do, only what the effects of a policy are. Consequently, to guarantee his conclusion, the author must assume that, if a policy is in the best interest of the people, the government should promote it.
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We know that free speech is in the best interest of the people. So if (A) is true, it guarantees the conclusion that free speech should be encouraged by governments.
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Basic, inalienable rights ██ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ██ █████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███████████
We don’t know if free speech is a basic, inalienable right, so this doesn’t guarantee the conclusion.
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We don’t know if free speech helps a government to govern, so this doesn’t guarantee the conclusion.
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We don’t know if free speech is conducive to the interests of a government, so this doesn’t guarantee the conclusion.
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Universal human rights ████ ███ ██ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ██ █████████ ███ ██████████ ██ █ ████████ ███████████
We don’t know if free speech is a universal human right, so this doesn’t guarantee the conclusion.