Self-study
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Summary
All social systems are based on the division of economic roles, and the values of this system are reflected in the status given to those who fill those roles. It is unsurprising that in each role. In any social system, the introduction of labor-saving technology, which makes certain economic roles useless, will usually undermine the values of that social system.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
If labor-saving technology is introduced, social systems will be undermined.
If a social system cannot change, then there is no possibility for there to be labor-saving technology.
21.
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a
Social systems will ████ ██████████ ██████ ██ ████ ███ ████████ ████ █████████████ ████████████
This is too strong to support. The stimulus only says that if there are labor-saving technologies, the social systems will be undermined. This is a sufficiency necessity error.
b
No type of ██████████ ████ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ █ ██████ ███████
This is too strong to support. The stimulus only says that labor-saving technology will undermine values in a social system. Not any technology.
c
A social system █████ ██████ ███ ███ ███████████ ██ ██████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██ █████ ██████████ ███ █████████ ████████ ██████
This is the reasoning in the stimulus. If a system’s social structure is completely unmoving, then there is no labor-saving technology. (this is the contrapositive of the last sentence of the argument).
d
A technologically advanced ███████ ████ █████ ██████ █████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████████ ████ ██ ████████ █████
The stimulus does not suggest that advanced societies will devalue all economic roles. It only suggests that some roles could be undermined.
e
A technological innovation ████ ██ ███████████ ██ █ ██████ ██████ ███████ ██ ███ ███ ██ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ███████ ██████ ███████
This is too broad to support. The stimulus only specifies how labor-saving technologies will undermine social systems. It is unclear what this foreign technological innovation is.