Principle JustifyDiff: Hard
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: You shouldn't need a license for a job unless being bad at it could actually hurt someone.
Reasoning: The principle establishes that a licensing requirement is only justified if incompetence in that specific job poses a threat to human health or safety.
Analysis: This principle sets a high bar for government regulation: no safety threat, no license. To justify an argument using this principle, we need a scenario that follows this logic—either concluding that a job *should* be licensed because it is dangerous, or that it *should not* be licensed because it is harmless. The most common application in these questions is the 'contrapositive' approach: showing that because a job is safe, a licensing requirement is inappropriate. Look for an answer that matches this 'if-then' structure regarding safety and regulation.
Reasoning: The principle establishes that a licensing requirement is only justified if incompetence in that specific job poses a threat to human health or safety.
Analysis: This principle sets a high bar for government regulation: no safety threat, no license. To justify an argument using this principle, we need a scenario that follows this logic—either concluding that a job *should* be licensed because it is dangerous, or that it *should not* be licensed because it is harmless. The most common application in these questions is the 'contrapositive' approach: showing that because a job is safe, a licensing requirement is inappropriate. Look for an answer that matches this 'if-then' structure regarding safety and regulation.
Passage Stimulus
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Unlock Full Passage21.The principle stated above, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in which one of the following arguments?
Correct Answer
B
B matches the contrapositive the principle authorizes: it asserts there is no realistic circumstance in which poor performance by interior designers endangers people, and then concludes there should be no licensing. That is exactly the principle’s blocking function.
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