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The author’s argument breaks down into two separate lines of reasoning:
Premise: The Jacksons didn’t lead Sara to think they’d pass along the correct number.
Conclusion: It is not wrong for the Jacksons not to pass along Sara’s number.
Premise: Passing along Sara’s number would have been helpful to Sara and not difficult for the Jacksons to do.
Conclusion: Passing along the Sara’s number would be laudable.
There are two gaps to be closed between the premises and the conclusion:
If you don’t lead someone into thinking you’ll do an action → failure to do the action is not wrong
If an action is helpful to someone and not difficult to do → doing the action is laudable
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