Flawed ReasoningDiff: Easy
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: The town's only airline is leaving because it's not making money. Officials say 'Fly more to save it!' but a pundit says to ignore them because the officials themselves drove to their last meeting.
Conclusion: There is no reason to comply with the town officials' recommendation to use the airline more frequently.
Reasoning: The officials who made the recommendation did not follow it themselves, as they recently chose to drive to a conference instead of flying.
Analysis: The pundit is guilty of a classic 'ad hominem' attack, specifically the 'tu quoque' or hypocrisy flaw. They are dismissing the validity of a recommendation simply because the people making it aren't following it. In the world of logic, a hypocrite can still give perfectly sound advice; the fact that the officials drove doesn't mean that flying more wouldn't actually save the airline. Look for an answer that points out the pundit's failure to address the actual merits of the proposal, focusing instead on the behavior of the proponents.
Conclusion: There is no reason to comply with the town officials' recommendation to use the airline more frequently.
Reasoning: The officials who made the recommendation did not follow it themselves, as they recently chose to drive to a conference instead of flying.
Analysis: The pundit is guilty of a classic 'ad hominem' attack, specifically the 'tu quoque' or hypocrisy flaw. They are dismissing the validity of a recommendation simply because the people making it aren't following it. In the world of logic, a hypocrite can still give perfectly sound advice; the fact that the officials drove doesn't mean that flying more wouldn't actually save the airline. Look for an answer that points out the pundit's failure to address the actual merits of the proposal, focusing instead on the behavior of the proponents.
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Unlock Full Passage8.The pundit's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it presumes, without providing justification, that
Correct Answer
E
E captures the tu quoque flaw: presuming that because the town officials didn’t follow their own advice, the advice itself isn’t worth following. That’s exactly what the pundit’s reasoning does.
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