Q21

[ptraye]

why is A a better choice than E? i thought A was not correct because of the word better.

[Zarar2020]

Answer choice A is correct.

Maryadkins we are discussing the answer for Q. 21 of Medical Ethics training. You have posted explanation of q. 21 for different passage.

The correct answer to this question is (D).

The core is:

There have been non-democracies that give people freedom

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There have been democracies that resulted in the most oppressive societies

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Democracy does not promote political freedom

What's the flaw here? Well, it could promote political freedom without being perfect at it all the time. How many "historical examples" of oppressive societies are there? Two?

Likewise, just because the non-democracies have ended up providing freedom doesn't mean they set out to promote it, or that democracy doesn't.


(A) misses the point. What conditions are necessary for political freedom? Promoting it? We aren't ever told that. It's just assumed.

(B) misses the point as well. We're talking about whether or not democracy promotes freedom, not how democracy comes about.

(C) is wrong; the examples are IRRELEVANT, they're just not sufficient to draw the conclusion.

(D) is correct"”maybe democracy promotes freedom without being perfect at it.

(E) personal POV? Nah.

[maryadkins]

Thanks for catching that! I'll move it over.

This question is about a passage in which the author has a CLEAR opinion about her topic—she thinks narrative ethics is good for medical students, better than abstract philosophical ethics. The entire second paragraph, supporting the last sentence of the first paragraph, supports this view. In particular, see line 27: "drawing on narrative literature can better help students prepare..." and the first sentence of the third paragraph, about narrative literature UNIQUELY suited to developing critical thinking. (A) is the best answer.

(E) makes it about intuition which the author explicitly says it's not in lines 47-50 ("It does NOT follow...in which decisions about ethical choices are made on the basis of intuition."

(B) is too narrow. It misses the whole point about narrative literature being a solution!

(C) misconstrues the author's opinion. That's not her point.

(D) leaves out the author having an opinion entirely!

Hope this helps!