Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: If countries don't talk, they won't understand each other; since you need understanding to be fair or kind, isolated countries won't be fair or kind to one another.

Conclusion: Nations that do not interact with one another are unlikely to treat each other with sympathy or justice.

Reasoning: Interaction is required for nations to understand each other's needs, and such understanding is a necessary foundation for both sympathy and justice.

Analysis: This argument follows a clear conditional chain: Interaction is needed for Knowledge, and Knowledge is needed for Sympathy/Justice. If you take away the first step (Interaction), the rest of the chain collapses. To complete the argument, we simply need to draw the logical inference that a lack of interaction leads to a lack of sympathy and justice. Look for an answer that connects these two ends of the chain.

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Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?

Correct Answer
B
It draws the warranted consequence of the premises: if interaction is lacking, understanding is lacking, and thus extending sympathy and justice will be difficult.
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