Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: We have three ways to pick our schedule; two of them are total disasters, so we're stuck with the third one.

Conclusion: The club should adopt a majority vote system for deciding on their meeting agendas.

Reasoning: There are only three available options, and the other two—unanimous consent and committee assignment—are either impractical or lead to negative social outcomes.

Analysis: The author employs a 'method of elimination' to reach their conclusion. By establishing a limited set of possibilities and then systematically shooting down all but one, the author attempts to prove the remaining option is the only viable choice. When identifying this method, focus on how the structure relies on the exhaustion of alternatives rather than the inherent virtues of the majority vote itself.

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5.

Lahar's argument does which one of the following?

Correct Answer
D
The argument recommends a procedure (majority vote) on the basis of eliminating the other available options as unlikely or problematic.
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