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by turbo jet » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:48 am
In practice the government will have the last word on
what an individual’s rights are, because its police will
do what its officials and courts say. But that does not
mean that the government’s view is necessarily the
correct view; anyone who thinks it is must believe that
persons have only such moral rights as the government
chooses to grant, which means that they have no moral
rights at all.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses
the conclusion of the argument?
(A) Individuals have no rights at all unless the
government says that they do.
(B) What government officials and courts say an
individual’s rights are may not be correct.
(C) Individuals have rights unless the government
says that they do not.
(D) The police always agree with government
officials and the courts about what an
individual’s rights are.
(E) One should always try to uphold one’s
individual rights against the government’s view
of what those rights are.

[spoiler]OA:B[/spoiler]
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by scoobydooby » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:25 am
stiumulus:
1) govt. has the last word on peoples rights
2) but govts view is not necessarily correct
(next few lines support point 2 above)

A. the stimulus says people have no moral rights unless govt. permits

B. correct. follows from 1) and 2)

C. talks about 'rights' in general and also gets it the other way round

D. out of scope
E. out of scope

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by turbo jet » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:30 am
I eliminated A,C , D and E based on extreme words used.
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by aj5105 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:56 am
I got this wrong. I picked (A)

[felt sick when I saw the OA]

P.S : How do I stop making mistakes? Tips please.

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by turbo jet » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:18 am
aj5105 wrote:I got this wrong. I picked (A)

[felt sick when I saw the OA]

P.S : How do I stop making mistakes? Tips please.
You are not the only one buddy (AJ). I too made the same mistake and picked A.


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by matanga » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:39 am
Count me as another one who picked A.

After reading the answer, I couldn't help but feel like this questions was very similar to a boldface CR question. The correct answer hinged on being able to determine the conclusion in the entire passage, which is kind of what boldface questions ask you to do sometimes.

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by james33 » Sun May 15, 2016 8:25 pm
I must admit that A seems to be the answer. What's OA?