PT130.S3.Q4

PrepTest 130 - Section 3 - Question 4

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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The politician concludes that censorship is not wrong in itself. He supports this by saying that if censorship were wrong, then it would be wrong for an actor to refuse a role in a film that promotes a viewpoint she finds unacceptable, which is an absurd conclusion.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The politician claims that censorship is not wrong because an actor refusing to participate in a film is not wrong. He conflates the actor’s refusal with censorship, assuming that refusing to participate in a film is in fact censorship. But if refusing to participate in a film does not amount to censorship, then the politician’s argument falls apart.

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presumes, without providing ██████████████ ████ ██████ █████ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ██████ ██████████

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uses the term █████████ ██ █████ ██ █████████ ██████████ █████ ██ ████

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takes for granted ████ █████ ██ █ █████ ██████████ ██ ████████ █████ ██████████

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draws a conclusion ████ ██ ████████████ ████ █ ███████ ██ ███████

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presumes, without providing ██████████████ ████ █████████ █ ████ ████ ███████████ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ █████

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