QUESTION TEXT: John: As I was driving to work…
QUESTION TYPE: Principle – Strengthen
CONCLUSION: Mary says it was fair that John got ticketed when no one else did.
REASONING: Each person had an equal chance of getting ticketed, and the officer couldn’t have stopped everyone.
ANALYSIS: Both Mary and John have a point. John is correct that he alone suffered when everyone else was equally in the wrong. But Mary is correct that everyone ran the same risk.
We need a principle that tells us a situation is fair is everyone runs the same risk.
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- CORRECT. This does it. Everyone was equally likely to be penalized, so it was fair for John (or anyone speeding) to get punished.
- This doesn’t let us say that deterrence is fair.
- This shows that the police officer was unfair. They should have punished everyone, not just John.
- This supports John. He argues the law shouldn’t have been applied only to him.
- This also supports John. All violators were not punished to the same extent. John was punished, but the other speeders got off scot free.
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