medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
Professor Hartley is an expert on medieval history. She recently argued that the current minimum wage is too low. Given her exceptional intellect and scholarly credentials, her argument deserves serious consideration.
The argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
- Rests its case on the standing of an authority whose field of mastery has no bearing on the question at hand.
- Supposes that brilliance in one discipline automatically secures competence in every discipline.
- Does not reproduce the particular reasons Hartley gives for her view about the minimum wage.
- Treats a question of economic policy as if it were simply a matter of historical fact.
- Implies that no one without scholarly credentials could have anything worthwhile to say about wages.
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