Principle JustifyDiff: Easy
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: CEOs make a ton more money than their employees, but they don't actually work that much harder, so they don't deserve the extra cash.
Conclusion: The high pay of CEOs is completely unjustified.
Reasoning: CEOs are paid significantly more than average workers, yet they do not work significantly harder than those workers.
Analysis: The activist is operating on a specific moral assumption: that pay should be directly proportional to how hard someone works. To justify this conclusion, we need a principle that bridges the gap between 'effort' and 'justified pay.' Look for a rule that states something like 'A difference in pay is only justified if there is a proportional difference in the amount of work performed.' Without this link, the fact that they don't work harder doesn't necessarily mean the pay is 'unjustified' in a broader economic sense.
Conclusion: The high pay of CEOs is completely unjustified.
Reasoning: CEOs are paid significantly more than average workers, yet they do not work significantly harder than those workers.
Analysis: The activist is operating on a specific moral assumption: that pay should be directly proportional to how hard someone works. To justify this conclusion, we need a principle that bridges the gap between 'effort' and 'justified pay.' Look for a rule that states something like 'A difference in pay is only justified if there is a proportional difference in the amount of work performed.' Without this link, the fact that they don't work harder doesn't necessarily mean the pay is 'unjustified' in a broader economic sense.
Passage Stimulus
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Unlock Full Passage1.Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in the activist’s argument?
Correct Answer
A
A directly supplies the missing principle: pay should be proportional to how hard people work. Given that CEOs do not work many times harder than average workers, paying them many times more would indeed be unjustified under this rule.
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