PT108.S3.Q14

PrepTest 108 - Section 3 - Question 14

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Wu: Jurgens is dishonest and so should not be elected mayor.

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Method of Reasoning

Wu says that candidate Jurgens should not be chosen because he has a certain quality (dishonesty). Miller replies that a candidate with the opposite quality (honesty) should not be chosen, so Jurgens should be chosen.

Identify and Describe Flaw

Miller makes a positive conclusion: Jurgens should be chosen for mayor. But his only support is negative: people without a trait Jurgens has (dishonesty) should not be chosen. This is a reason why other candidates could, potentially, be bad; it isn’t a reason why Jurgens is good enough to be chosen.

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14.

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e

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