Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: Because some bosses are fair to their workers, it shows that using people to get what you want isn't always a bad thing.

Conclusion: Using other people as a means to achieve your own goals is not always morally wrong or harmful.

Reasoning: There are many instances where employers treat their employees with fairness.

Analysis: The argument has a significant 'missing link' between the premise and the conclusion. It assumes that the relationship between an employer and an employee is a definitive example of 'using someone as a means to an end.' If employment isn't considered 'using' someone in that philosophical sense, the fact that employers are fair tells us nothing about the morality of 'using' people. The argument *needs* to assume that employment constitutes using others as a means to one's ends.

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The argument requires the assumption that

Correct Answer
C
Choice C supplies the bridge: some or all employers use their employees as a means to their own ends. Negation test: if no employers use employees as means, the example is irrelevant, and the conclusion loses its support—so C is necessary.
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