Willett: Lopez and Simmons, a married couple, have both been offered jobs at Evritech Corporation. ███████ ████████ ███ █ ████ ███████ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ███ ███████ ████ ███████ ██ ██████ █████ ████████ ██ █████████ █████ ████████ ██ ████████ ████████ █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ███ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███ █████ ██████████ █████ ████ ████ █████ ██████ ████ █████ ████████ ██████ █████████ ████ ██ ████ █████ █████ █████ ██ ████ ███████ █████ ████ ████ ██████ ████████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ ███████████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ███ █████ ████ ██████
Willett concludes that Lopez and Simmons were foolish to reveal their marriage to Evritech. This is because one of them will lose their job offer due to the reveal. Instead, they could have simply kept their marriage a secret until after they were hired.
Willett assumes either that it wouldn’t have been wrong for Lopez and Simmons to have hidden their marriage, or that the problematic aspects of lying are outweighed by the fact Lopez and Simmons would’ve both been hired. Willett also assumes that Evritech doesn’t have a policy of terminating both employees who marry each other.
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This isn't a claim Willett makes, or one that the argument implies. Willett is explaining how both Lopez and Simmons could get jobs at Evritech, which of course requires them both to apply.
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Willett's argument proceeds as though this rule is enforced—the argument directly states that one of Lopez or Simmons will have their job offer withdrawn since they plan to reveal their marriage.
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This is the conclusion supported by the rest of the argument. Willett explains how Lopez and Simmons could work around Evritech's rule, to prove that they are unwise to decide to proactively reveal their relationship.
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Willett's discussion of Evritech's policies centers on what the policies actually are. Willett doesn't go into what the policies should be.
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This is an assumption that Willett makes in order to conclude that Lopez and Simmons' decision is foolish, not the conclusion itself. No other claim in the argument supports this idea.
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