Passage Summary: A theorist suggests that if people are smart and reasonable about getting what they want, we don't need as much government oversight to keep them from hurting each other.

Conclusion: If most people use logic and reason to achieve their goals, the government should have less power.

Reasoning: The government's only job is to stop people from hurting others while they try to improve their own lives.

Analysis: We are looking for a Necessary Assumption, so we need to find the 'missing link' between being 'reasoned' and not 'injuring others.' The argument assumes that if you are acting in a reasoned way to get what you want, you are less likely to hurt someone else in the process. If a reasoned person were just as likely to cause injury as an unreasoned one, the theorist's conclusion would fall apart. The argument requires a connection between rational behavior and social harmony.