In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.
Instructions : In each of the following a question is followed by two arguments numbered I and II.
You have to decide which argument is strong and which argument is weak.
Give answer a: if only argument I is strong.
Give answer b: if only argument II is strong.
Give answer c: if either argument I or II is strong.
Give answer d: if neither argument I nor II is strong.
Give answer e: if both the arguments I and II are strong.
Statement : Should the existing labour laws be changed in the favour of owners ?
Arguments
I. Yes, because the existing labour laws give much more protection to employees than required and thus production is reduced.
II. No, because owners would exploit employees as before when there were no labour laws.
The first argument is strong because we are not in a position to afford less production. The second argument is also strong because exploitation of employees is not desirable either.
Thus, both the arguments I and II are strong.
=> Ans - (E)
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