What kind of reasoning is used in the following statement?In the 1770s, the American colonists boycotted British tea and had a big impact on British trade. In 1993, manufacturers in Bangladesh released 150,000 child laborers as a result of threatened boycotts against their products. More recently, Colgate has stopped animal testing for its personal care products in response to consumer boycotts. It is clear from these examples that boycotts have long been used as an instrument of social change.
A. reasoning from specific instances
B. circular reasoning
C. reasoning from principle
D. analogical reasoning
E. deductive reasoning
Answer: A
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