Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: When car manufacturers place a high priority on generating large profi

No, it's an unstated assumption. The author sees that profitable companies are unsafe, and assumes that this lack of safety comes from the profit motive. The most obvious flaw here is correlation/causation. Who says that the pursuit of profits has any effect on car safety? However, E addresses a subtler assumption. We don't know that EARNING profits and FOCUSING on profits are the same thing. If these profitable/unsafe companies just HAPPEN to be earning a lot of money, but that's not their focus, then there's no way they can improve safety by focusing less on profits.

Statistics : Posted by DmitryFarber • on 03 Dec 2023, 03:20 • Replies 2 • Views 542

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