Self-study
Editorial: In order to encourage personal responsibility in adults, society should not restrict the performance of any of the actions of adults or interfere with the likely results except to prevent negative effects on others.
Summary
If a restriction on the action of adults is not implemented for the purpose of preventing negative effects on others, then a society should not implement that restriction.
Notable Valid Inferences
We are looking for something that is inconsistent with the principle. So we want an answer that involves society restricting the action of adults even though that restriction is implemented for a purpose besides preventing effects on others.
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a
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Could be true. (A) recommends restricting activities disruptive to others. But that’s consistent with the principle, because it’s about preventing activities disruptive to others.
b
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Could be true. (B) doesn’t involve a restriction on someone’s actions. There’s no indication we’re stopping the scientist from performing an action. So the situation doesn’t contradict the principle.
c
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Could be true. (C) recommends not banning public smoking. So this doesn’t involve an attempt to restrict actions; it allows actions. That means it can’t contradict the principle.
d
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Could be true. (D) recommends restricting actions because those actions can hurt others. To contradict the principle, we want a restriction that is NOT for the purpose of preventing harm to others.
e
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Must be false. (E) recommends restricting actions (the consumption of the substances), even though the purpose of the restriction is to prevent harm to the person performing the action. In order to be acceptable, the restriction needs to be about preventing harm to OTHERS.