Question

Determine the manner of evaluation that is going on in the following commentary: Claim: People who listen to heavy metal tend to be the most violent population. Commentary: If people are more violent at listening to heavy metal, then heavy metal artists should be guilty of the most heinous acts known to man which they clearly are not.

Answer 1

Answer:

Degree of avoiding absurd conclusions.

Explanation:

In law, stringent explicit interpretations of statutes can lead to apparently absurd results. The doctrine of absurdity upholds that reasonable interpretations should be preferable in such cases, rather going by the literal readings. Under this doctrine, courts in American have interpreted statutes in contrast to their obvious meaning just so to avoid illogical legal conclusions.