Sufficient AssumptionDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Chiu argues that you shouldn't be blamed for how you feel because you can't always help your feelings, and you're only responsible for things you can actually control.
Conclusion: It is incorrect to believe that individuals are always morally at fault for experiencing specific emotions.
Reasoning: Responsibility only applies to things within a person's control, and the experience of certain emotions is not always a controllable event.
Analysis: We have a clear logical chain: Blameworthy -> Responsible -> Under Control. The argument states: Not always under control -> Not always responsible -> Not always blameworthy. To make this airtight, we need to ensure that 'blameworthy' and 'responsible' are linked in the way the author assumes. Look for an answer that explicitly connects being morally blameworthy for something to having control over that thing.
Conclusion: It is incorrect to believe that individuals are always morally at fault for experiencing specific emotions.
Reasoning: Responsibility only applies to things within a person's control, and the experience of certain emotions is not always a controllable event.
Analysis: We have a clear logical chain: Blameworthy -> Responsible -> Under Control. The argument states: Not always under control -> Not always responsible -> Not always blameworthy. To make this airtight, we need to ensure that 'blameworthy' and 'responsible' are linked in the way the author assumes. Look for an answer that explicitly connects being morally blameworthy for something to having control over that thing.
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Unlock Full Passage16.Chiu's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
Correct Answer
B
B supplies the needed bridge: blameworthiness implies responsibility. Given that feeling the emotion is sometimes not under one’s control (hence not responsible), it follows one cannot be always blameworthy for it.
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