PT135.S2.Q8

PrepTest 135 - Section 2 - Question 8

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Caldwell: The government recently demolished a former naval base. █████ ███ █████████ ██████████ ████ █ ██████████ █ ████████ █████ ██████ ██████████ ████████ ███ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ██ ██████ ███ ██████████ ███ ███████ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ██████████ ██ ██ ███████ ███ ████████ █████ ████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████████ █████ ████ █████████ █████████ ███ ████ ███ ████████████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ███████████ ███ ████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that the government’s demolishing of a former naval base was inefficient and immoral. This is based on the fact that using the base’s facilities for other purposes would have benefited everyone.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author assumes that if using the base for other purposes would have benefited everyone, then demolishing the base is immoral. This overlooks the possibility that demolishing the base could have been a morally acceptable action even if not demolishing the base could have benefited everyone. There’s no necessary relationship between benefiting others and being moral or immoral. The author also ignores that demolishing the base might be even more beneficial for everyone than using the base for other purposes.

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8.

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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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