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by 2010gmat » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:39 am
Sven: Trade unions are traditionally regarded by governments and economists as restraints of trade, working against the complete freedom of the economy, but I believe that unions are indispensable since they are often the worker’s only protection against exploitation.
Ravi: I don’t agree. The exploitation of the workers and their work is a normal part of ordinary trade just like the exploitation of natural or other material resources.
Sven and Ravi will not be able to resolve their disagreement logically unless they
(A) define a key term
(B) rely on the opinions of established authorities
(C) question an unproved premise
(D) present supporting data
(E) distinguish fact from opinion

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Re: Exploitation

by iamcste » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:27 am
2010gmat wrote:Sven: Trade unions are traditionally regarded by governments and economists as restraints of trade, working against the complete freedom of the economy, but I believe that unions are indispensable since they are often the worker’s only protection against exploitation.
Ravi: I don’t agree. The exploitation of the workers and their work is a normal part of ordinary trade just like the exploitation of natural or other material resources.
Sven and Ravi will not be able to resolve their disagreement logically unless they
(A) define a key term
(B) rely on the opinions of established authorities
(C) question an unproved premise
(D) present supporting data
(E) distinguish fact from opinion

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IMO A

S talks about Trade unions, exploitation protection of workers specifically

E talks about general Trade, exploitation of workers and work

So, Key term of Argument equivocates.
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Re: Exploitation

by kanha81 » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:17 am
iamcste wrote:
2010gmat wrote:Sven: Trade unions are traditionally regarded by governments and economists as restraints of trade, working against the complete freedom of the economy, but I believe that unions are indispensable since they are often the worker’s only protection against exploitation.
Ravi: I don’t agree. The exploitation of the workers and their work is a normal part of ordinary trade just like the exploitation of natural or other material resources.
Sven and Ravi will not be able to resolve their disagreement logically unless they
(A) define a key term
(B) rely on the opinions of established authorities
(C) question an unproved premise
(D) present supporting data
(E) distinguish fact from opinion

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IMO A

S talks about Trade unions, exploitation protection of workers specifically

E talks about general Trade, exploitation of workers and work

So, Key term of Argument equivocates.
I agree.
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by 2010gmat » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:32 am
Great! you both knocked it...

How to approach these kind of problems? I felt that answer is E because both S and T are giving their opinions rather than basing their argument on fact....

And can anyone provide link to more such problems for practice?
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by kanha81 » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:56 am
2010gmat wrote:Great! you both knocked it...

How to approach these kind of problems? I felt that answer is E because both S and T are giving their opinions rather than basing their argument on fact....

And can anyone provide link to more such problems for practice?
The key to identify correct answer is knowing the wrong answers. This is a Point at Issue type of question.

Here, the "trade" terminology was under discussion which was interpreted differently by the two speakers. I had listed [E] as one of the contenders, but the answer [E] only agreed to what Ravi had to say, and not with Sven. As we can see Sven represented facts and Ravi represented opinion, do differentiating between them is not going to help resolve the disagreement. In order to resolve something you need to reach a common ground or identify the cause behind issue as how that issue came into existence. Hope this helps.
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by 2010gmat » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:12 am
perfect dude...thanks a lot!
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by gmat740 » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:27 pm
I solved this in a different way.

I would do this as we do evaluate the argument.I will ask question for each of the option.
B) rely on the opinions of established authorities
if they rely on authorities, can they resolve? certainly no,we don't know what views authorities have
D) present supporting data
So one presents data about worker and the other gives data about the natural resources.....so can they resolve? No

Use similar approach and you will land up with A

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by ashley.com » Sun May 15, 2016 3:48 am
Answer A seems to be logical one out of other answer choices
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