Parents should not necessarily raise their children in the ways experts recommend, even if some of those experts are ...
CaseyJuly 23, 2015
C v. E
I can see how C fits the underlying principle of ignoring broad expert advice because individual experience is more useful in certain cases (I hope that's the principle at least) but what makes C a better answer than E?
Is it because society == expert opinion?
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Conclusion: Parents should not necessarily raise their children in the ways experts recommend.
Why: Parents are the ones who directly experience which methods are successful in raising their own children.
So, the reasoning in this argument is that being more familiar with something or having more experience with something could place you at an advantage even over experts, especially when they are not as familiar or not as experienced with that thing as you are.
Answer choice (E) has nothing to do with being familiar or experienced with something. We are merely told that one's own conscience has a single voice, and so one should follow the advice of their own conscience over the advice of society.
Well, we are discussing whether or not to take advice from your own conscience or advice from society. Right off the bat this is not closely conforming to the principle in the passage. Second, we have no idea whether one's conscience is more familiar with the topics it's giving advice on over society or not.
Answer choice (C) on the other hand very closely conforms to the passage. We are told that a climber who is familiar with a mountain is at an advantage over even experts who are not familiar with the mountain. So, the climber should take her own advice over the experts who are unfamiliar with said mountain.
Hope that clears things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions.
