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Editorial: It has been suggested that private, for-profit companies should be hired to supply clean drinking water to areas of the world where it is unavailable now. ███ █████ ██████ ███ ██ ████████ ██ ███████ ██████████ █████ ████ █████ █████ ██ █████████ ███ █████ ███████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ █ ███████ ███████ ██ ██ ███████ ███████ ███ ██ ███████ ███████
Summary
The editorial concludes that clean drinking water shouldn’t be supplied by private companies. Why? Because clean water is essential for health, and the purpose of private companies is to make profit, not to promote health.
Notable Assumptions
The editorial concludes that water shouldn’t be supplied by private companies, but the premises never explain what kind of organization should supply water.
The editorial assumes that if something is essential for human health, then it shouldn’t be provided by a company whose purpose is not to promote health. To help justify this reasoning, we need a principle that satisfies this assumption and thus supports the conclusion that private companies shouldn’t supply drinking water.
Analysis by EleanorRoberts
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c
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e
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