Can any research be found to validate the contention that those who spend time plucking out their gray hairs have mor...
BatmanNovember 28, 2013
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I don't understand why the answer is (d). Doesn't the author discredit the stereotype of the elderly by stating on 3rd and 4th sentence?
And, could you please let me know which facts on the stimulus bring us to assume the author appeal to "reason" and "principle"?
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The author clearly dismisses the assertion that those who spend time plucking out their gray hairs have more negative attitudes toward the elderly than those who do not.
(B) appeal to reason
"Certainly it is reasonable to like the elderly yet dislike the idea of impaired eyesight and hearing."
(C) appeal to a general principle
"...there is nothing immoral about disliking some concomitants of the aging process."
(D) discredit a common stereotype about the elderly
At no point in the passage does the author discredit a stereotype about the elderly. The author is dismissing an assertion about those who spend time plucking out their gray hairs. These people are not necessarily elderly.
(E) make a distinction about attitudes
"Furthermore, holding negative attitudes toward older people merely because they are old is immoral, according to nearly universally accepted ethical standards. But there is nothing immoral about disliking some concomitants of the aging process."
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