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The environmentalists conclude that, since the damage done to the ozone layer by a year’s pollution from the average factory is unjustifiable, and the spacecraft’s trip did as much damage to the ozone layer as a year’s pollution from an average factory, the spacecraft’s trip was unjustifiable.

The environmentalists reason that since a single trip by the spacecraft does as much damage to the ozone layer as a year’s pollution from the average factory, which is unjustifiable, the spacecraft’s trip was unjustifiable. However, the environmentalists’ criticism is questionable because it neglects the possibility that, unlike pollution from a factory, a trip by the spacecraft may ultimately benefit the ozone layer.

This is how the environmentalists’ argument errs. While a single trip by the spacecraft may do as much damage to the ozone layer as a year’s pollution by a factory, the spacecraft’s trips have the potential to help the ozone layer in a way that factories don’t.

The environmentalists don’t justify a generalization. They only say that trips by the spacecraft are unjustified because of the damage they do to the ozone layer.

The environmentalists don’t have to distinguish these goals. They only discuss the scientists’ goal of reversing the harm that has been done to the ozone layer.

The spacecraft and an average factory are comparable, as they both damage the ozone layer.

We don’t know if they presuppose this. The environmentalists only discuss the spacecraft experiment and never state that all experiments harm their subjects.

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