Question

Which set of statements is most logical and well-reasoned? (1 point)
Robots are capable of performing many jobs with even greater skill and accuracy than humans. People
need jobs so that they can make money and be functional members of society. So, robots and artificial
intelligence are bad for human society.
The U.S. Civil War was an important event in the history of the United States. All of the statues in the local
public park show historical figures from different eras in U.S. history. So, the statues of Confederate
soldiers should be allowed to remain in the park.
Residents of Washington, DC, are U.S. citizens who are denied representation in Congress because
Washington, DC, is not a state. Representation is a right of all citizens that our founding fathers fought for.
So, Washington, DC, should be made a state.
Dress codes in public places often forbid the wearing of masks and disguises that make a person’s identity
unclear. People who commit crimes often wear masks to hide their identities so that they will not get
caught. So, dress codes help prevent crimes

Answer 1

The third argument (about Washington, DC) is the most logical and well-reasoned.

Why: its premises (DC residents are citizens denied congressional representation; representation is a civic right) lead directly to a plausible remedy (statehood to secure representation). The conclusion follows without obvious logical leaps.

Brief flaws in the others:
- Robots/AI: assumes job loss makes technology inherently bad, ignores job creation, redistribution, and other mitigations (hasty generalization/false dilemma).
- Confederate statues: jumps from “Civil War was important” and “statues span eras” to “therefore Confederate statues must remain,” ignoring moral/contextual reasons for removal (non sequitur).
- Dress codes/masks: assumes dress-code rules causally prevent crime based on mask use alone, which overstates and simplifies the link (hasty causation).