PrepTest 24, Section 3, Question 12
People in the tourist industry know that excessive development of seaside areas by the industry damages the environment. Such development also hurts the tourist industry by making these areas unattractive to tourists, a fact of which people in the tourist industry are well aware. People in the tourist industry would never knowingly do anything to damage the industry. Therefore, they would never knowingly damage the seaside environment, and people who are concerned about damage to the seaside environment thus have nothing to fear from the tourist industry.
People in the tourist industry know that excessive development of seaside areas by the industry damages the environment. Such development also hurts the tourist industry by making these areas unattractive to tourists, a fact of which people in the tourist industry are well aware. People in the tourist industry would never knowingly do anything to damage the industry. Therefore, they would never knowingly damage the seaside environment, and people who are concerned about damage to the seaside environment thus have nothing to fear from the tourist industry.
People in the tourist industry know that excessive development of seaside areas by the industry damages the environment. Such development also hurts the tourist industry by making these areas unattractive to tourists, a fact of which people in the tourist industry are well aware. People in the tourist industry would never knowingly do anything to damage the industry. Therefore, they would never knowingly damage the seaside environment, and people who are concerned about damage to the seaside environment thus have nothing to fear from the tourist industry.
People in the tourist industry know that excessive development of seaside areas by the industry damages the environment. Such development also hurts the tourist industry by making these areas unattractive to tourists, a fact of which people in the tourist industry are well aware. People in the tourist industry would never knowingly do anything to damage the industry. Therefore, they would never knowingly damage the seaside environment, and people who are concerned about damage to the seaside environment thus have nothing to fear from the tourist industry.
The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which one of the following grounds?
No support is provided for the claim that excessive development hurts the tourist industry.
That something is not the cause of a problem is used as evidence that it never coexists with that problem.
The argument shifts from applying a characteristic to a few members of a group to applying the characteristic to all members of that group.
The possibility that the tourist industry would unintentionally harm the environment is ignored.
The argument establishes that a certain state of affairs is likely and then treats that as evidence that the state of affairs is inevitable.
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