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Chapter 1: Problem 2

The argument that a child of divorced parents by keeping the parental name may be given a "healthy sense of family" (line 38), "ethnic and religious identity" (lines 38-39), and a "rightful link with an absent ... father" (line 40) is based upon all of the following doubtful assumptions EXCEPT: A. Ethnic identity is determined by the father. B. Religious identity is determined by the father. C. Record keeping systems cannot handle changes of names. D. A father's name gives a sense of family. E. A link to an absent father should be maintained.

Short Answer

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The only nondoubtful assumption according to the argument given is choice D: 'A father's name gives a sense of family'.

Step by step solution

01

Analyze the first option

Option A suggests 'Ethnic identity is determined by the father.' Analyze this in relation to the argument given. The argument does suggest that keeping the parental name provides ethnic identity but does not specifically state it's the father's name that gives the ethnic identity, making this a doubtful assumption.
02

Analyze the second option

Option B postulates 'Religious identity is determined by the father.' This is another doubtful assumption because similarly to ethnic identity, the argument states that keeping the parental name provides religious identity, but it doesn’t specifically claim that it's determined by the father.
03

Evaluate the third option

In option C, 'Record keeping systems cannot handle changes of names.' there is no mention at all about record keeping systems in the argument. This option doesn't relate directly to anything mentioned in the argument, making it a doubtful assumption.
04

Examine the fourth option

Option D states 'A father's name gives a sense of family.' According to the argument, keeping the parental name does indeed give a sense of family, so this assumption is not doubtful.
05

Evaluate the final option

Option E, 'A link to an absent father should be maintained.' This is a doubtful assumption because the argument states keeping the parental name provides a link with an absent father, but it doesn’t specifically state whether this link should always be maintained or not.

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