PT117.S4.Q24

PrepTest 117 - Section 4 - Question 24

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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The author concludes that technologically advanced societies are threatened when the means of production are publicly owned. As support, the author claims that only private ownership of the means of production allows new technologies to be tested without the agreement of the group. The author disagrees with “some people” who believe that private ownership of the means of production is destructive for society.

Identify Argument Part

The claim in the question stem is the belief of “some people,” with whom the author of the argument disagrees.

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24.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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