Argument Structure Questions - - Question 25

Some vegetarians have argued that there are two individually sufficient reasons for not eating meat—one based on heal...

jilliansarro December 20, 2020

If the vegetarians use two individually exclusive reasons, how could the disproving of one weaken the other being that they're individual?

If the reasons the vegetarians use are independent, why can disproving one weaken the other?

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shunhe December 24, 2020

Hi @jilliansarro,

Thanks for the question! Disproving one reason doesn’t weaken the other. the argument is just weakening one reason. Remember, the two reasons are health considerations and aversion to eating at the expense of the conscious creatures. So what does the claim that eating meat is necessary for good health do? It goes against the overall argument, specifically by attacking the first argument, but it says that “it would be less clear that an aversion to living at the expense of other conscious creatures is enough of a reason to stop eating meat.” Remember, we have to assume the statements in the stimulus are true. And so taking that as true, it does do (D), and that’s why it’s the correct answer.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.