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Question #: 167
Topic #: 1
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A government ought to protect and encourage free speech, because free speech is an activity that is conducive to a healthy nation and thus is in the best interest of its people.
The main conclusion above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

  • A. An activity that is in the best interest of the people ought to be protected and encouraged by a nation's government.
  • B. Basic, inalienable rights of the people ought to be protected and encouraged by government.
  • C. An activity that helps a government to govern ought to be protected and encouraged by it.
  • D. A government ought to protect and encourage an activity that is conducive to the interests of that government.
  • E. Universal human rights that are in the best interest of the people ought to be protected and encouraged by a nation's government.
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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️
This question stem may seem a bit unfamiliar, but hopefully you recognized it as a variation of a standard Assumption question. Were looking for the assumption that would complete the argument, so again, we need to identify the arguments evidence and conclusion. The authors conclusion is stated up front: A government ought to protect and encourage free speech. The Keyword "because" signals the author’s evidence, that "free speech . . . is conducive to a healthy nation and thus is in the best interest of its people." This sounds like a pretty good argument so far, but it’s missing a subtle step: We know that free speech is in the best interests of the people, but whos to say that the government ought to act in that interest? It seems obvious, but this notion isnt stated in the argument, and its necessary for the argument to work. So choice A. completes the argument.
by [deleted] at March 9, 2025, 1:30 p.m.

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