PT156.S2.Q15

PrepTest 156 - Section 2 - Question 15

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Support People would not follow a leader if they felt that there was nothing they could gain by following that leader. ██████████ ████ █████ ███████ ███ ███ ███████████ ██ ████ █████ ████ ████ ██ █████ ██████████

Method of Reasoning

The argument proceeds by attempting to take a contrapositive of a necessary condition for people choosing to follow a leader (they must believe there is something to gain). It then infers from the fact that people do follow a leader that there must be something to gain from doing so—even in the case of incompetent or evil leaders.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The argument’s flaw lies in its failure to distinguish between belief and fact. People may feel that there’s something to gain from following a leader, but this doesn’t mean that there actually is. It’s possible that all of an evil leader’s followers are mistaken.

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15.

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a

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b

Because there is ████ ████ ██ ██ █████ ██ ████ ███ █████ ██████████████ ███ ███████ ████ ███████ ██████ ████ ████ ███████ █████ ██ █████ ████ █████

c

To be a ██████ ███████ ███ ████ █████ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ██████████ █████ ███ █████ █████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ████████

d

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e

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