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Updated on: 19 Apr 2017, 10:31
Originally posted by Sajjad1994 on 26 Mar 2017, 12:17.
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Ethicist: There is no such thing as pure altruism. Most people would like to believe that they are being selfless when they assist others, but in actuality, their actions are designed solely to benefit themselves. People who perform so called altruistic acts are really satisfying their personal need for attention or glory.
The bolded phrases in the argument play which of the following roles in the argument?
A. The first phrase supports the conclusion reached in the second phrase.
B. The first phrase contains the ethicist’s conclusion, while the second phrase provides a justification for this view.
C. The first phrase is an assumption necessary to accept the truth of the second phrase.
D. The second phrase provides the author’s main conclusion and the first phrase explains the key term in the argument.
E. The second phrase presents a conclusion that the first phrase challenges.
Ethicist: There is no such thing as pure altruism. Most people would like to believe that they are being selfless when they assist others, but in actuality, their actions are designed solely to benefit themselves. People who perform so called altruistic acts are really satisfying their personal need for attention or glory.
The bolded phrases in the argument play which of the following roles in the argument?
A. The first phrase supports the conclusion reached in the second phrase.
B. The first phrase contains the ethicist’s conclusion, while the second phrase provides a justification for this view.
C. The first phrase is an assumption necessary to accept the truth of the second phrase.
D. The second phrase provides the author’s main conclusion and the first phrase explains the key term in the argument.
E. The second phrase presents a conclusion that the first phrase challenges.
27 Mar 2017, 00:49
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Source: McGraw Hill GMAT
Ethicist: There is no such thing as pure altruism. Most people would like to believe that they are being selfless when they assist others, but in actuality, their actions are designed solely to benefit themselves. People who perform so called altruistic acts are really satisfying their personal need for attention or glory. The bolded phrases in the argument play
which of the following roles in the argument?
A. The first phrase supports the conclusion reached in the second phrase.
B. The first phrase contains the ethicist’s conclusion, while the second phrase provides a justification for this view.
C. The first phrase is an assumption necessary to accept the truth of the second phrase.
D. The second phrase provides the author’s main conclusion and the first phrase explains the key term in the argument.
E. The second phrase presents a conclusion that the first phrase challenges.
Ethicist: There is no such thing as pure altruism. Most people would like to believe that they are being selfless when they assist others, but in actuality, their actions are designed solely to benefit themselves. People who perform so called altruistic acts are really satisfying their personal need for attention or glory. The bolded phrases in the argument play
which of the following roles in the argument?
A. The first phrase supports the conclusion reached in the second phrase.
B. The first phrase contains the ethicist’s conclusion, while the second phrase provides a justification for this view.
C. The first phrase is an assumption necessary to accept the truth of the second phrase.
D. The second phrase provides the author’s main conclusion and the first phrase explains the key term in the argument.
E. The second phrase presents a conclusion that the first phrase challenges.
Is this the first phrase Most people would like to believe that they are being selfless when they assist others, if so I am finding it hard convincing myself this is the conclusion.
07 Apr 2017, 23:06
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I believe D is the answer. Yhe first phrase explains the meaning behind altruism and the seconfd is a conclusion drawn by the author stating that the actions solely benefit themselves
