Question

Use the passage to answer the question. Claim: Employers should be allowed to mandate that their employees receive vaccinations because a healthy workforce is essential to success. Furthermore, businesses should be able to guarantee safety at work for all employees. Counterclaim: There are many reasons why an employee may refuse a vaccination. One may be for religious reasons. Employee vaccine mandates are disrespectful toward the sincerely held beliefs of those affected by them. A student is writing an argument supporting the claim above. They want to address the counterclaim in their concluding statement. What is an effective concession that the student may include? (1 point) Responses Employers and employees should work together to make sure that safety and religious freedom are both respected. Employers and employees should work together to make sure that safety and religious freedom are both respected. If an employee does not want to receive a vaccine, they can terminate their employment and find another job. If an employee does not want to receive a vaccine, they can terminate their employment and find another job. Vaccine mandates should not allow employees to refuse vaccines for religious reasons. Vaccine mandates should not allow employees to refuse vaccines for religious reasons. There is no denying that religious intolerance is a serious problem in workplaces today.

Answer 1

An effective concession that the student may include is: "Employers and employees should work together to make sure that safety and religious freedom are both respected." This acknowledges the validity of the counterclaim while still supporting the overall argument for the importance of workplace safety.