Multiple choice

Lion habitats are almost extinct in the country. Even keeping this fact in mind, the most sensible strategy would be to desist from re-introducing lions in habitats where they have once been poached to death. Trying to bring lions back to habitats where they are likely to encounter a killer human contact is sinful.

The argument above depends on

  1. an appeal to human morality

  2. a belief that lions are dangerous to human beings and human beings are dangerous to lions

  3. the assumption that lion habitats can be established at will

  4. the assumption that future would unfold exactly the same way as the past did

  5. a covert threat to those presenting the opposing point of view
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The question is assuming that since lions have been poached to death in the past, they will face a similar fate in the future. The assumption being that whatever has happened once in the past will repeat itself in the future. Hence (4)

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