Principle JustifyDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Stressed people get hurt more often in sports. Since it's dumb to risk getting hurt, you shouldn't play sports to deal with your stress.
Conclusion: People should not engage in sports as a way to manage their stress.
Reasoning: Stressed individuals are significantly more likely to suffer serious injuries during competitive sports, and it is unwise to take risks involving serious injury.
Analysis: The columnist is making a leap from a statistical risk to a moral or practical prohibition. To justify this, we need a principle that connects the 'unwise risk' to the 'method of coping.' A dryly humorous observation here is that the columnist essentially wants you to sit on the couch to stay safe, even if you're stressed. Look for a principle stating that one should avoid any activity for a specific purpose if that activity poses a high risk of harm to the person in their current state.
Conclusion: People should not engage in sports as a way to manage their stress.
Reasoning: Stressed individuals are significantly more likely to suffer serious injuries during competitive sports, and it is unwise to take risks involving serious injury.
Analysis: The columnist is making a leap from a statistical risk to a moral or practical prohibition. To justify this, we need a principle that connects the 'unwise risk' to the 'method of coping.' A dryly humorous observation here is that the columnist essentially wants you to sit on the couch to stay safe, even if you're stressed. Look for a principle stating that one should avoid any activity for a specific purpose if that activity poses a high risk of harm to the person in their current state.
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Unlock Full Passage12.Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in the advice columnist's argument?
Correct Answer
A
A supplies exactly the needed generalization: if stressed people should avoid a subset of activities of a type (competitive sports), they should avoid all activities of that type (all sports). Together with “risking serious injury is unwise,” this justifies the conclusion that no sports activity should be used to cope with stress.
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