Examination of Corruption

[karmaholic]

An examination of corruption provides the basis for rejecting the view that an exact science of society can ever be constructed. As with all other social phenomena that involve deliberate secrecy, it is intrinsically impossible to measure corruption, and this is not merely due to the fact that social science has not yet reached its goal, achievable to be sure, of developing adequate quantifying techniques. If people were ready to answer question about their embezzlements and bribes, it would mean that these practices had acquired the character of legitimate, taxable activities and had ceased to be corrupt. In other words, corruption must disappear if it is to be measurable.

Which one of the following most accurately states a hidden assumption that the author must make in order to advance the argument above?

(A) Some people believe that an exact science of society can be constructed.

(B) The primary purpose of an exact science to quantify and measure phenomena.

(C) An intrinsic characteristic of social phenomena that involve deliberate
secrecy is that they cannot be measured.

(D) An exact science of social phenomena that involve deliberate secrecy cannot be constructed.

(E) An exact science can be constructed only when the phenomena it studies can be measured.

Explain comprehensively. Try not to post "one-sentence answers"!

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[sravna]

It is E because the author first says that exact science of society cannot be constructed. The main reason he gives for this throughout is that it is impossible to measure those social phenomena he is talking about.

This implies that he assumes E.

[serena1]

e is out od scope as it says an exact science and not science of society

d is correct one as implied in the passge

c is already mentioned in passage