Critical Reasoning

Public health expert: Increasing the urgency of a public health message may be counterproductive. In addition to irritating the majority who already behave responsibly, It may undermine all government pronouncements on health by convincing people that such messages are overly cautious. And there is no reason to believe that those who ignore measured voices will listen to shouting.

The two sections in boldface play which of the following roles in the public health expert's argument?

(A) The �rst is a conclusion for which support is provided. but is not the argument's main conclusion; the
second is an unsupported premise supporting the arguments main conclusion.

(B) The �rst is a premise supporting the only explicit conclusion; so is the second.

(Ci The �rst is the argument's main conclusion; the second supports that conclusion and is itself a conclusion
for which support is provided.

(D) The �rst is a premise supporting the argument's only conclusion; the second is that conclusion.

(E) The �rst is the argument's only explicit conclusion; the second is a premise supporting that conclusion.

OA:E

@Experts-My Doubt is Is first boldface statement Conclusion? I think it is opinion of Public health expert how do we differentiate

NandishSS wrote:@Experts-My Doubt is Is first boldface statement Conclusion? I think it is opinion of Public health expert how do we differentiate

Hi NandishSS.

An opinion can be a conclusion. So seeking to somehow differentiate the two does not make sense.

In any case, to identify the conclusion of this argument, look at the statements made. Increasing the urgency of a public health message may be counterproductive. is supported by all of the other statements and does not support any of the other statements. Therefore it is the main conclusion of the argument.