Self-study
Prime minister: Our nation's government should give priority to satisfying the needs of our nation's people over satisfying the needs of people of any other nation. ████ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ███████ ███ █████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ █████ █████ ████ ██ ██ ███████████ ██ ████ █████████ ██ ███████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ █████ ██ █████ ████████ ███████
"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why does the prime minister claim that his government should prioritize the needs of his nation’s people over those of any other nation’s people, even though the needs of all people are equally worth prioritizing?
Objective
The correct answer will be a principle that helps to explain why the prime minister’s nation should prioritize the needs of its own people, even though the needs of all people are equally worth prioritizing.
12.
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a
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This furthers the conflict in the prime minister’s claims. Because his nation’s people’s needs are not objectively more important than any other group’s needs, (A) argues that his nation should not prioritize the needs of its own people. We need an explanation for why it should.
b
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This furthers the conflict. Because the prime minister’s nation’s people are not more worthy than any other nation’s people, (B) argues that his government should not prioritize the needs of its own people. We need an explanation for why it should prioritize their needs.
c
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This doesn’t resolve the conflict in the prime minister’s claims. We know it’s not objectively more important to meet the needs of his nation’s people than those of any other nation. So, the question remains: why should the prime minister’s government prioritize its own people?
d
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This helps to resolve the conflict in the prime minister’s claims. According to this principle, since the needs of all nations are equally important and all people are equally worthy, the prime minister’s government should prioritize the needs of its own people.
e
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We don’t know if there are other ways for the prime minister’s nation’s needs to be satisfied. Instead, our questions is whether his nation’s government should prioritize its own people’s needs, given the fact that all people’s needs are equally important.