PT117.S3.Q8

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PrepTest 117 - Section 3 - Question 8

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Rossi: Support It is undemocratic for people to live under a government in which their interests are not represented. ██ ████████ ██████ ████ ███ █████ ██ █████ █████ █████████ ███ █████████ ██ ████████ ███ █████████ ████ █████ ██ █████ ████████

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Summarize Argument

Rossi claims that children should have the right to vote. To support this conclusion, Rossi states a principle that it is undemocratic for anyone to live under a government that doesn’t represent their interests. According to Rossi, children’s interests can differ from their parents’ interests—presumably making it undemocratic to ban children from voting.

Describe Method of Reasoning

Rossi’s argument starts with the general principle that it’s undemocratic not to represent citizens’ interests. Rossi then points out a particular case where that principle is violated: children’s interests aren’t always represented by their parents. Based on this, Rossi concludes that we should change our system so the principle is respected, by allowing children to vote.

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Rossi appeals to the general principle that it’s undemocratic for a government not to represent the interests of all those living under it. The apparent violation of this principle leads to Rossi’s conclusion that children should get to vote.

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Rossi doesn’t mention any opponents, and isn’t directly responding to another argument. There’s no issue of good faith here.

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Rossi doesn’t address any predictable consequences of the proposal to allow children to vote (or of any other proposal).

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Rossi does give a rational for the proposed policy of allowing children to vote: that it would make society more democratic.

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There’s no term that Rossi uses to mean two different things on two different occasions. All the terms in Rossi’s argument appear to mean the same thing every time they’re used.

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88% of people who answer get this correct

This is a moderately difficult question.

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Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right

25% 131

143

75% 154

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