Self-study
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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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a
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The author actually claims that the proposition in the question stem may be applicable to less technologically advanced societies.
b
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We only know that “some people” hold the belief in the question stem; we do not know if it has widespread acceptance, and either way, its acceptance is not explained.
c
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The reason that the author gives for his disagreement with the proposition in the question stem is that it does not allow individuals to test new technologies; the author claims that the proposition in the question stem is dangerous for technologically advanced societies.
d
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The author concedes that the claim in the question stem may be true of less technologically advanced societies; the author does not deem it incompatible with any society.
e
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The author argues that the proposition in the question stem is incompatible for technologically advanced societies; the author does not make any claims about societies in which the majority facilitates the introduction of new technologies.