Consider the following complex argument:

1. If government institutions are corrupt, public trust in those institutions will not be strong.
2. Government institutions are corrupt.
Therefore,
3. Public trust in government institutions is not strong.
4. If public trust in government institutions is strong, then people will go out and vote in elections.
Therefore,
C. People will not go out and vote in elections.

Which of the following is a major problem with the argument?

Question

Consider the following complex argument: 
 
 1. If government institutions are corrupt, public trust in those institutions will not be strong. 
 2. Government institutions are corrupt. 
 Therefore,  
 3. Public trust in government institutions is not strong. 
 4. If public trust in government institutions is strong, then people will go out and vote in elections. 
 Therefore, 
 C. People will not go out and vote in elections. 
 
 Which of the following is a major problem with the argument?

Answer

The premises of the main argument are independent rather than co-dependent.

Answer

The premises of the main argument do not support the main conclusion.

Answer

The argument is too vague.

Answer

The premises of the sub-argument do not support the intermediate conclusion.

Answer

The argument is false.

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