Mark and Julie advance arguments about school vouchers. Each item presents a set of statements, and a conclusion. In each item, the conclusion is underlined. The goal of Items #1-5 is not to determine whether you agree or disagree with each statement or conclusion. But rather, decide if the conclusion follows necessarily from the given statements or if the conclusion contradicts the given statements. If a conclusion follows necessarily, a person who accepts the statements is unavoidably committed to accepting the conclusion. When two things are contradictory, the cannot both be correct. Sometimes, the conclusion neither follows necessarily nor contradicts the given statements.
Considering each item independently of the others, mark Items #1-5 accordingly: a) The conclusion follows necessarily from the given statements. b) The conclusion contradicts the given statements. c) The conclusion neither follows necessarily nor contradicts the given statements
MARK: Julie reasons that federally & state-funded public schools are failing, and a failing public school system should be replaced with a voucher system. What s/he says is correct, but we should still oppose school vouchers. Public schools aren’t all bad, are they?
a)The conclusion follows necessarily from the given statements.
b)The conclusion contradicts the given statements.
c)The conclusion neither follows necessarily nor contradicts the given statements.