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Complete Question Explanation
Method of Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (A)
X argues that medical research conducted on animals should not be reduced because of harm to animal welfare, since greater weight should be given to human welfare, and a trade-off between animal and human welfare is always inevitable.
Y argues that technology makes it possible to carry out test using computer models or human subjects in a way that does not cause suffering.
X and Y both seem to agree that human welfare is important, but Y believes that X has not considered all the evidence, and that X's premise that there must be a trade-off between animal and human welfare is incorrect, which casts doubt on X's conclusion.
You are asked to identify the relationship of Y's response to X's argument, so you need to locate the response that addresses the disagreement over X's premise.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Y challenges the idea that there is always a trade-off between animal and human welfare, which is an important premise in X's argument that we should not decrease testing on animals.
Answer choice (B) Since Y never even addresses whether greater weight ought to be given to human welfare, this response is incorrect.
Answer choice (C) Y proposes additional considerations, not additional consequences, so this choice is wrong. "Logical consequence" answer choices, when correct, typically describe a critique of reasoning that involves making a position seem absurd, not merely incomplete.
Answer choice (D) The additional evidence does not strengthen X's position.
Answer choice (E) Y does not supply a premise to X's argument, Y subtracts a premise from X's argument by attacking the premise that there must be a trade-off between animal and human welfare.
Method of Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (A)
X argues that medical research conducted on animals should not be reduced because of harm to animal welfare, since greater weight should be given to human welfare, and a trade-off between animal and human welfare is always inevitable.
Y argues that technology makes it possible to carry out test using computer models or human subjects in a way that does not cause suffering.
X and Y both seem to agree that human welfare is important, but Y believes that X has not considered all the evidence, and that X's premise that there must be a trade-off between animal and human welfare is incorrect, which casts doubt on X's conclusion.
You are asked to identify the relationship of Y's response to X's argument, so you need to locate the response that addresses the disagreement over X's premise.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. Y challenges the idea that there is always a trade-off between animal and human welfare, which is an important premise in X's argument that we should not decrease testing on animals.
Answer choice (B) Since Y never even addresses whether greater weight ought to be given to human welfare, this response is incorrect.
Answer choice (C) Y proposes additional considerations, not additional consequences, so this choice is wrong. "Logical consequence" answer choices, when correct, typically describe a critique of reasoning that involves making a position seem absurd, not merely incomplete.
Answer choice (D) The additional evidence does not strengthen X's position.
Answer choice (E) Y does not supply a premise to X's argument, Y subtracts a premise from X's argument by attacking the premise that there must be a trade-off between animal and human welfare.
