Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. Every individual is capable of injuring or killing himself. This potentiality is a fundamental expression of
human freedom. Self-destructive behavior may be regarded as sinful and penalized by means of informal sanctions. But it should not be regarded as a crime or (mental) disease, justifying or warranting the use of the police powers of the state for its control. Therefore, it is absurd to deprive an adult of a drug (or of anything else) because he might use it to kill himself. Thomas Szasz, "The Ethics of Addiction".
A) Argument; conclusion: Every individual is capable of injuring or killing himself.
B) Argument; conclusion: Self destructive behavior ... informal sanctions.
C) Nonargument.
D) Argument; conclusion: This potentiality ... expression of human freedom.
E) Argument; conclusion: It is absurd to deprive an adult of a drug ... kill himself.
E
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