Source: Veritas Prep CR2
35. Many professional economists describe economics as a science. Sciences, however, are by definition non-normative: they describe but they do not prescribe. Yet economists are often called on to recommend a course of action for governments and financial institutions. Therefore, since econo-mists play a prescriptive role in society, economics should not be thought of as science.
The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument…
A: treats closely related aspects of a discipline as separate and distinct from each other.
B: attacks the proponents of a claim rather than addressing the merits of the claim itself.
C: insists on a change in terminology when that change would have no practical consequences.
D: fails to recognize the significance of the distinction between a discipline and the people who Work within that discipline.
E: overlooks the necessity of divisions of labor within society.
OA: D
35. Many professional economists describe economics as a science. Sciences, however, are by definition non-normative: they describe but they do not prescribe. Yet economists are often called on to recommend a course of action for governments and financial institutions. Therefore, since econo-mists play a prescriptive role in society, economics should not be thought of as science.
The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument…
A: treats closely related aspects of a discipline as separate and distinct from each other.
B: attacks the proponents of a claim rather than addressing the merits of the claim itself.
C: insists on a change in terminology when that change would have no practical consequences.
D: fails to recognize the significance of the distinction between a discipline and the people who Work within that discipline.
E: overlooks the necessity of divisions of labor within society.
OA: D
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