PT112.S4.Q18

PrepTest 112 - Section 4 - Question 18

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Support People who have political power tend to see new technologies as a means of extending or protecting their power, whereas Support they generally see new ethical arguments and ideas as a threat to it. ██████████ █████████ █████████ ███████ ██████ ████████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ████ ██████████ ███████ ███████ █████████████ ██████ ████ ████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ████ ██████████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes two things:

(1) People with technical ingenuity are usually rewarded for that ingenuity. Why? Because the politically powerful tend to view new technologies as useful for reinforcing their own power.

(2) People with ethical inventiveness are only ever punished for that inventiveness. Why? Because the politically powerful tend to view new ethical ideas as a threat to their power.

Notable Assumptions

The author makes two key assumptions:

(1) When people with political power view something as useful for reinforcing their own power (i.e., new technologies), the people responsible (i.e., those with technical ingenuity) somehow benefit.

(2) When people with political power view something as a threat to their power (i.e., new ethical ideas), the people responsible (i.e., those with ethical inventiveness) somehow always suffer.

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18.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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