Question

What’s the sub-conclusion of the following argument? (What sentence is both a premise and a conclusion?)

Free international trade leads to vast disparities in wealth. That much is clear from the events of the last few decades and the current world distribution of wealth. Disparity in wealth is not bad in itself but it can and often does lead to global instability and violence when the have-nots perceive the distribution as unfair. Since free international trade leads to wealth disparity and disparity leads to violence, free international trade should be limited.

A)	Free international trade leads to vast disparities in wealth.

B)	That much is clear from the events of the last few decades and the current world distribution of wealth.

C)	Disparity in wealth is not bad in itself but it can and often does lead to global instability and violence when the have-nots perceive the distribution as unfair.

D)	Free international trade should be limited.

Answer 1

Answer : The correct option is D.

Because this statement includes the full given argument. If we select the option D then there occurs a curious to know why the free international trade is limited. From the last line of given argument , it is clear that the free international trade creates wealth disparity and this wealth disparity is the reason of violence and hence the international trade is limited. Now if we select the option D's statement as sub-conclusion then this will be perfect as this line carries both premise and conclusion of the given argument.