8. The senator has long held to the general principle that no true work of art is obscene, and thus that there is no conflict between the need to encourage free artistic expression and the need to protect the sensibilities of the public from obscenity. When well-known works generally viewed as obscene are cited as possible
counterexamples, the senator justifies accepting the principle by saying that if these works really are obscene then they cannot be works of art.
The senator's reasoning contains which one of the following errors?
(A) It seeks to persuade by emotional rather than intellectual means.
(B) It contains an implicit contradiction.
(C) It relies on an assertion of the senator's authority.
(D) It assumes what it seeks to establish.
(E) It attempts to justify a position by appeal to an irrelevant consideration.
answer my choice:B
能为我翻译一下各个选项的含义吗？谢谢！作者: linsonstudy 时间: 2003-9-20 15:37
是由于基于前面 no true work of art is obscene 这个假设所以才引来下面推论有问题。所以
必须选D（它所建立的假设）是有错误的。
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my choice:B