Columnist: Although most people favor the bill and the bill does not violate anyone's basic human rights, it will not be passed for many years, if at all; nor will any similar bill. βββββ ββββββ βββ βββββ ββ βββββββββ ββββββββ ββββ ββ ββ ββββββ βββ βββ ββββ ββββββββββββ ββββ βββββ βββββ ββ ββββ βββββββ ββ β βββββββββ ββ ββββ ββ ββ βββ β ββββββββββββββββ ββββ
The author concludes that this country is not a well-functioning democracy.
Why? Because of the following:
(1) Most people favor the bill.
(2) The bill doesnβt violate anyoneβs basic human rights.
(3) But it wonβt be passed for many years, if ever.
(4) The people who would be harmed by the bill if it were passed are very influential.
Weβre looking for a principle that gets us from the premises to the conclusion. Itβs tough to anticipate anything specific, because there are so many premises, and the correct answer could involve some or all of them. Here are just a few examples of principles that could strengthen:
If a bill that most people favor wonβt pass into law for many years, if ever, then this country is not a well-functioning democracy.
If a bill that most people favor, and that doesnβt violate anyoneβs basic human rights, wonβt pass into law for many years, if ever, then this country is not a well-functionary democracy.
If a bill that would harm very influential people will not pass into law for many years, if ever, then this country is not a well-functioning democracy.
Which one of the following βββββββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββ βββββ ββ βββββββ βββ βββββββββββ ββββββββββ
In a well-functioning ββββββββββ βββ ββββ ββββ βββββ βββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββ ββ ββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ β βββ βββββ ββ ββ ββββ βββ βββββββ ββββββββ βββββ βββββ βββββββ
If a democracy ββ ββββ ββββββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββ βββββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββββββ βββ βββββββ ββ ββββ βββββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββββββ ββββ ββββ ββββ
In a well-functioning ββββββββββ β ββββ ββββ ββ βββββββ ββ ββββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββ βββ ββββββ β βββ βββββ ββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββ βββ ββββ ββββββββββββ
Any bill passed ββββ βββ ββ β ββββββββββββββββ βββββββββ ββββ ββ βββββββ ββ ββββ ββββββ βββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββ ββββββββββββ βββββ βββββ βββββββ
A bill that ββββ ββββββ βββββ ββββ ββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ ββ β ββββββββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ βββ ββββ ββββ βββ βββββββ ββββββββ βββββ βββββ βββββββ