Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: There are specific rules for apologies: you have to be sorry for a real wrong, you have to plan on not doing it again, and the person who was hurt has to stop being mad.

Reasoning: Apologies are only for wrongs committed against a specific person; sincerity requires an admission of guilt and an intent to change; and sincere acceptance requires acknowledging the wrong and letting go of grudges.

Analysis: This passage is a collection of definitions and necessary conditions for 'sincere' social interactions. To find the most strongly supported statement, we must look for a logical deduction that follows from these rules. For instance, if someone plans to repeat a behavior, we can conclude their apology is not sincere. We aren't looking for a new argument, but rather a perfect overlap with the rules already established in the text.

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12.

The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

Correct Answer
E
Sincere offering requires the apologizer to acknowledge wrongdoing; sincere acceptance requires the recipient to acknowledge wrongdoing. Therefore, an apology cannot be both sincerely offered and sincerely accepted unless both parties acknowledge that a wrongful act occurred.
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