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Sports ethics – award eligibility with fairness clause: “Players who break records in a fair way get special prizes. Player X broke the world record but tested positive for a prohibited drug.” Decide which conclusion follows about X’s prize.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: Only conclusion II follows

Explanation:

Given data

  • Award rule: Record broken fairly ⇒ Special prize.
  • Case: X broke the world record but was under a prohibited drug (unfair means).
  • Conclusions: I) X will get the prize; II) X will not get the prize.

Concept/Approach
Use necessary condition: fairness is required for the prize.


Step-by-step deduction
1) Since X did not meet the fairness requirement, the necessary condition for award is absent.2) Therefore, X cannot receive the special prize ⇒ Conclusion II follows; Conclusion I does not.


Final Answer
Only conclusion II follows.

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