Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Although the school would receive financial benefits if it had soft dr

Understanding the argument - 
­Although the school would receive financial benefits if it had soft drink vending machines in the cafeteria, we should not allow them. - contrast and conclusion
Allowing soft drink machines there would not be in our students' interest. - supporting premise for the conclusion. Why we should not allow? Because it's not in our student's best interests. 
If our students start drinking more soft drinks, they will be less healthy. - How is it not in their best interest? Because if they drink more soft drinks, they'll be less healthy. Oh, I see.

Be careful - The last line is a sufficient condition. If our students start drinking more soft drinks, there is a 100% possibility that they will be less healthy.

But the next question one should ask is do they really drink more. Because we don't know. If they drink less? Then, the argument collapses. So we need an assumption, a missing premise, or a necessary condition to say that it's 100% confirmed that they'll
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Statistics : Posted by Raman109 • on 01 Aug 2015, 10:28 • Replies 44 • Views 109825

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