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Conclusion Therapists who treat violent criminals cannot both respect their clients' right to confidentiality and be sincerely concerned for the welfare of victims of future violent crimes. █████████ █ ████████ ██████████ ██████ ████████ ███ ████████ ██████ ███ █████████ ██████ ██████ ███ █████████ ██████ ███ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ███████
Summarize Argument
The author concludes that therapists who treat violent criminals can’t simultaneously honor their client’s right to confidentiality and be concerned about the criminals’ future victims. As support, the author claims that reporting unreported crimes violates the client’s right to confidentiality and breaks their trust, but not reporting these crimes keeps criminals out of prison and able to commit more crimes.
Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that concern for the client’s rights to confidentiality and concern for the welfare of future crime victims are mutually exclusive. It could be possible that there is a way to both respect client’s right to privacy while also protecting future victims.
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a
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If (A) is true, the apparent contradiction between right to privacy and protection of victims still exists; (A) does not add information that allows right to privacy to coexist with protection of victims. Further, the argument discusses criminals who are currently out of prison.
b
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The argument is concerned with criminals who were out of prison. This comparison with a different group (criminals in prison) is irrelevant to the argument.
c
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The argument is concerned with whether criminals’ rights to confidentiality puts potential future crime victims at risk; future victims’ confidentiality rights wouldn’t come with that same risk, so (C) is irrelevant.
d
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The idea of compensation is irrelevant to the argument; the argument discusses the relationship between confidentiality and safety.
e
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(E) is correct because it shows how confidentiality for criminals can coexist with safety for potential future victims. Therapists can be concerned with both their clients’ rights to confidentiality and the welfare of future victims.