Self-study
To the editor:.
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Summarize Argument
L.E. concludes that people who value raising children with good character more than gambling should vote against building a racetrack in their area. This is for two reasons: gambling is wrong, and raising children in an environment where the goal is be rewarded for nothing prevents them from developing good character.
Notable Assumptions
L.E. assumes that normalizing gambling by allowing a racetrack to be built will create an environment in which the goal is to get something for nothing. This leads to another assumption: that gambling and raising children with good character are mutually exclusive.
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a
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This does not affect the argument. L.E. claims that children who are exposed to gambling through the atmosphere described will not develop good character in the first place, which makes (A) irrelevant.
b
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This weakens the argument. It shows that gambling and raising children with good character are not mutually exclusive, as the author assumes. Other areas have been shown to have both.
c
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This does not affect the argument. The argument is about gambling on horses and its effect on children, not adults.
d
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This does not affect the argument. The argument is not that children who grow up around gambling will gamble, but that children who grow up around gambling will not develop good character.
e
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This does not affect the argument. L.E. is not trying to make a prediction about which way the vote will go—L.E. is making an argument about how people should vote based on their values.