PT120.S1.Q21

PrepTest 120 - Section 1 - Question 21

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Method of Reasoning

The argument starts with an analysis of the overall fairness of the country’s court system (the country’s court system is the least fair of any country on the continent and shouldn’t be emulated). It then moves to a conclusion about the fairness of the country’s highest court (it’s the least fair of any on the continent and shouldn’t be emulated).

Identify and Describe Flaw

This is a cookie-cutter whole-to-part flaw. The only support is about a whole set (the country’s court system), while the conclusion is about an individual part of that set (the highest court). But the fairness of a country’s court system as a whole doesn’t tell us about the fairness of any specific courts in the system, so we can’t infer that the highest court must be the most unfair court on the continent just because the country’s court system is the most unfair. It’s possible that the highest court isn’t the most unfair court on the continent even though the country’s court system is the most unfair.

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21.

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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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