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22 Oct 2020, 20:47
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Many mountain climbers regard climbing Mount Everest as the ultimate achievement. But climbers should not attempt this climb since the risk of death or serious injury in an Everest expedition is very high. Moreover, the romantic notion of gaining “spiritual discovery” atop Everest is dispelled by climbers’ reports that the only profound experiences they had at the top were of exhaustion and fear.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning above?
(A) Projects undertaken primarily for spiritual reasons ought to be abandoned if the risks are great.
(B) Dangerous activities that are unlikely to result in significant spiritual benefits for those undertaking them should be avoided.
(C) Activities that are extremely dangerous ought to be legally prohibited unless they are necessary to produce spiritual enlightenment.
(D) Profound spiritual experiences can be achieved without undergoing the serious danger involved in mountain climbing.
(E) Mountain climbers and other athletes should carefully examine the underlying reasons they have for participating in their sports.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning above?
(A) Projects undertaken primarily for spiritual reasons ought to be abandoned if the risks are great.
(B) Dangerous activities that are unlikely to result in significant spiritual benefits for those undertaking them should be avoided.
(C) Activities that are extremely dangerous ought to be legally prohibited unless they are necessary to produce spiritual enlightenment.
(D) Profound spiritual experiences can be achieved without undergoing the serious danger involved in mountain climbing.
(E) Mountain climbers and other athletes should carefully examine the underlying reasons they have for participating in their sports.
23 Oct 2020, 19:46
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Conclusion: should not climb Everest.
Why?
1. Too dangerous
2. Spiritual discovery but actually NOT
B is clear winner here.
A. Why “primarily”? Why not for any other reasons else?
C. Legislation does not play any role in our argument.
D. We do not care how spiritual experience is formed.
E. Close but in our argument the conclusion is about STOP doing such activity not just EXAMINE.
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Why?
1. Too dangerous
2. Spiritual discovery but actually NOT
B is clear winner here.
A. Why “primarily”? Why not for any other reasons else?
C. Legislation does not play any role in our argument.
D. We do not care how spiritual experience is formed.
E. Close but in our argument the conclusion is about STOP doing such activity not just EXAMINE.
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27 Oct 2020, 04:51
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KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(B) Principle
The correct Principle should take into account as much of the stimulus as possible without going outside the scope.
This very cautious stimulus attempts to dissuade climbers from taking on Everest because it can put these climbers in grave danger. And it also turns out that a significant reward from such a climb—“spiritual discovery”—isn’t even likely to pan out. Climbers will discover something at the summit, the author says, but that something will be exhaustion and fear. So we need to broaden this to a general law-like rule: one should forgo dangerous recreational activities if the chances of significant spiritual reward are slim. This general rule is restated by (B).
(A) The author doesn’t say that climbers attempt Everest “primarily” for spiritual reasons. Moreover, he recommends avoidance because the spiritual reward probably won’t happen.
(C) goes way too far, venturing into the territory of what should or should not he legally prohibited. The author doesn’t discuss what ought to be illegal.
(D) We can’t use this principle to support the stimulus because the author gives no indication that profound spiritual experiences can be achieved. All the author provides in the stimulus is one instance (mountain climbing) in which such experiences probably won’t be achieved.
(E) gets too broad by discussing “other athletes” and the reasons they have for participating in their various sports. But the element of danger that’s so central to the stimulus is nowhere to be found here.
(B) Principle
The correct Principle should take into account as much of the stimulus as possible without going outside the scope.
This very cautious stimulus attempts to dissuade climbers from taking on Everest because it can put these climbers in grave danger. And it also turns out that a significant reward from such a climb—“spiritual discovery”—isn’t even likely to pan out. Climbers will discover something at the summit, the author says, but that something will be exhaustion and fear. So we need to broaden this to a general law-like rule: one should forgo dangerous recreational activities if the chances of significant spiritual reward are slim. This general rule is restated by (B).
(A) The author doesn’t say that climbers attempt Everest “primarily” for spiritual reasons. Moreover, he recommends avoidance because the spiritual reward probably won’t happen.
(C) goes way too far, venturing into the territory of what should or should not he legally prohibited. The author doesn’t discuss what ought to be illegal.
(D) We can’t use this principle to support the stimulus because the author gives no indication that profound spiritual experiences can be achieved. All the author provides in the stimulus is one instance (mountain climbing) in which such experiences probably won’t be achieved.
(E) gets too broad by discussing “other athletes” and the reasons they have for participating in their various sports. But the element of danger that’s so central to the stimulus is nowhere to be found here.
