Q8 - Widespread use of the Internet has led

[mshinners]

Question Type:
Principle Support (Principle Strengthen/Sufficient)

Stimulus Breakdown:
People are jerks on the internet because it's anonymous, which is bad. Therefore, people should be educated on ethical internet usage.

Answer Anticipation:
These questions always have answers that connect the premise to the judgment in the conclusion. Here, the author wants to educate people because they're behaving badly. The answer will say that educating people can stop them from behaving badly.

Correct answer:
(A)

Answer choice analysis:
(A) I'd leave this on my first pass because it says that education can help, but it'd seem a step removed from what I was anticipating. However, after ruling out the rest, I'd check the stimulus to see if the author talks about moral responsibility, and she does, so I'd be happy to pick this.

(B) Too weak. The author is already at the stage of educating people about the ethics, so formulating ethical guidelines (while possibly necessary) doesn't get at this argument.

(C) If anything, opposite. Don't educate the trolls. This answer choice suggests that education would actually increase the harm.

(D) Reversal. The argument relies on causing harm as sufficient to make people second-guess their actions. This answer choice treats the harm as necessary.

(E) Out of scope. The argument cares about fixing a problem, not assigning blame/culpability.

Takeaway/Pattern: For Principle Strengthen questions, focus on answers that get you to the conclusion. These have answers that are usually close to being sufficient.

#officialexplanation