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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The policies that corporations should or shouldn't have are irrelevant. We care about what Lopez and Simmons should’ve done, given the existing policies.
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Like in (A), we’re not interested in what corporations should do. We only care about what would have been a better course of action for Lopez and Simmons.
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We don't know what information was requested on the application form, so this is irrelevant. We also don't know how entitled Lopez and Simmons would have been to lie outright.
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Willett says Simmons and Lopez should have taken the positions despite running afoul of the policy. This is the direct opposite of what Willett claims; it doesn't support the argument, just contradicts it.
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This strengthens Willett’s claim that Simmons and Lopez should’ve withheld their marital status by removing one possible issue: having an obligation to disclose.
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