PrepTest C, Section 2, Question 18
Sid: The sign says "Keep off the grass."
Sid: The sign says "Keep off the grass."
Micki: I know, but just one person walking across the grass doesn't hurt it.
Sid: Your statement is false. If everyone believed as you do, everyone would walk across the grass, and the grass would die.
Sid: The sign says "Keep off the grass."
Micki: I know, but just one person walking across the grass doesn't hurt it.
Sid: Your statement is false. If everyone believed as you do, everyone would walk across the grass, and the grass would die.
Sid: The sign says "Keep off the grass."
Sid's argument is questionable in that it
attempts to use a statement about the consequences of actions to disprove a statement about the actions themselves
treats a statement about the consequences of an action as though it were instead about the consequences of everyone believing the statement
contradicts itself by treating a statement that the arguer does not believe as though it were a statement believed by everyone
discounts the fact that there may be circumstances under which hurting the grass is justified
attempts to undermine a statement by calling into question the character of the person making the statement
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