When Alicia Green borrowed a neighbor's car without permission, the police merely gave her a warning. However, when P...
SimonefFebruary 8, 2022
How can you make a choice about something not discussed in the passage?
I don't understand how the answer choice involving peter getting because he ran a red light is correct.. A red light is never mentioned in the passage so wouldn't that leave room for assumptions? I am having trouble understanding, i thought we only followed answer choices that can be backed up by the passage, so if it is not explicitly stated how is it a possible answer?
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You're right that a red light isn't mentioned in the passage, but what is discussed is blameworthiness. The argument informs us that the car damage wasn't caused by any sort of difference in blameworthiness between Peter and Alicia's behavior. If Alicia was driving with caution, but Peter wasn't driving carefully, then there'd definitely be a difference in blameworthiness between them. That's why C has to be false. This answer is backed up by the passage because the fundamental element of blameworthiness is important to both the stimulus as well as this answer choice.
