Parallel ReasoningDiff: Easy
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Even though a specific habit is good for an individual, we shouldn't tell everyone to do it because the resources would run out, making the habit impossible for everyone.
Conclusion: The universal adoption of a fish-based diet should not be recommended.
Reasoning: Although the diet is healthier, if everyone adopted it, the fish species would go extinct, making the diet impossible to sustain.
Analysis: The reasoning follows a 'self-defeating' structure: an action is beneficial on an individual level, but if performed by everyone, it destroys the very conditions that make the action possible. To find a parallel, look for an argument that rejects a general recommendation because the collective pursuit of that goal would be unsustainable or counterproductive. The abstraction is: 'X is good, but if everyone does X, X becomes impossible; therefore, don't tell everyone to do X.'
Conclusion: The universal adoption of a fish-based diet should not be recommended.
Reasoning: Although the diet is healthier, if everyone adopted it, the fish species would go extinct, making the diet impossible to sustain.
Analysis: The reasoning follows a 'self-defeating' structure: an action is beneficial on an individual level, but if performed by everyone, it destroys the very conditions that make the action possible. To find a parallel, look for an argument that rejects a general recommendation because the collective pursuit of that goal would be unsustainable or counterproductive. The abstraction is: 'X is good, but if everyone does X, X becomes impossible; therefore, don't tell everyone to do X.'
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Unlock Full Passage9.The reasoning in which one of the following arguments most closely resembles that in the argument above?
Correct Answer
C
C mirrors the structure: a practice is beneficial for an individual (restrict spending and save/invest), but if everyone did it, the economy would tank, making saving/investing ~~possible~~ impossible for most; therefore, we should not recommend it to everyone. This matches the fish-diet argument’s “good individually but unsustainable/impossible if universalized” pattern and the normative conclusion not to recommend universal adoption.
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