QUESTION TEXT: P: Complying with the new safety regulations is…
QUESTION TYPE: Method of Reasoning
CONCLUSION: The regulations are useful.
REASONING: Any regulations that save money are useful. The new regulations will prevent some accidents and therefore save money.
ANALYSIS: P is making a very absolutist argument. If the regulations don’t prevent the very worst accidents, they’re useless.
Q points out that the regulations will be useful as long as they do some good.
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- CORRECT. P only considers the very worst accident. But Q points out that the regulations will prevent some lesser accidents.
- Q doesn’t even mention last year’s fire.
- P never said all regulations are useless, and Q never said whether any other regulations are useful. They’re only talking about the new lab regulations.
- Q doesn’t say whether any regulations could have prevented the fire. He doesn’t even mention the fire.
- This is a useful distinction, but it’s not present in the arguments. An example is: the increased safety we expect from regulations, and the safety we actually get.
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