Flawed ReasoningDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Jenkins says the director didn't mean to cause trouble because it's not in the director's interest. The author says Jenkins is wrong because the movie did, in fact, cause trouble.
Conclusion: Jenkins is wrong to claim that the director of the movie Firepower did not intend to cause antisocial behavior.
Reasoning: The movie has actually caused many viewers to engage in antisocial behavior.
Analysis: The author commits a classic logical error by confusing 'intent' with 'effect.' Just because a movie resulted in antisocial behavior doesn't mean the director planned for that to happen. When analyzing human behavior, it's quite common for people to accidentally cause the very thing they were trying to avoid. Look for an answer that points out this gap: the fact that a result occurred is not proof that the result was intended.
Conclusion: Jenkins is wrong to claim that the director of the movie Firepower did not intend to cause antisocial behavior.
Reasoning: The movie has actually caused many viewers to engage in antisocial behavior.
Analysis: The author commits a classic logical error by confusing 'intent' with 'effect.' Just because a movie resulted in antisocial behavior doesn't mean the director planned for that to happen. When analyzing human behavior, it's quite common for people to accidentally cause the very thing they were trying to avoid. Look for an answer that points out this gap: the fact that a result occurred is not proof that the result was intended.
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Correct Answer
E
The critic concludes, from the mere fact that the movie produced antisocial behavior, that the intention behind the movie was to provoke such behavior (rejecting the “not intended” claim). That is exactly the error described in E.
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