Map the given argument to help you understand its structure. Then, select which is a hidden assumption of the argument.
(1) We really should be giving more foreign aid to developing nations. (2) It is desirable for the people of the world to have a more equal access to resources, and (3) our nation has more resources than developing nations do. (4) Foreign aid will help give them more equal access to resources. Additionally, (5) there will be more international trade in the future once those nations are further developed, and (6) foreign aid will help them further develop.
- In the past, international trade was not necessarily beneficial to developed nations.
- We should give more foreign aid to developing nations.
- Generosity is a virtue.
- It would be a good thing to increase international trade.
