VeritasKarishma generis MentorTutoringCan you validate my reasoning ?
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Which one of the following, if assumed, enables the conclusion of the argument to be properly drawn?
I need to find assumption for this question.
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The short-term and long-term interests of a business often conflict; when they do, the morally preferable act is usually the one that serves the long-term interest. Because of this, businesses often have compelling reasons to execute the morally preferable act.
Since it is an assumption question, I would like to search for any gap / missing link between premise and conclusion.
Conclusion: In case of conflict between short-term and long-term interest, business choose long term ones
to EXECUTE action for COMPELLING reasons
Premise:(marked by premise indicator: because) Morally preferable act = Long term interest.
Cool, but what if morally preferable act do not provide a compelling enough reason to execute the act?
Then my conclusion shall break down. With this thought, let's see what answer choices have to say:
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(A) A business’s moral interests do not always provide compelling reasons for executing an act.
Negating gives: A business’s moral interests
sometimes provide compelling reasons for executing an act.
So what, does my conclusion break down? Nope. OUT
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(B) A business’s long-term interests often provide compelling reasons for executing an act.
Negating gives: A business’s long-term interests
never provide compelling reasons for executing an act.
If there are no compelling reasons to execute an act from long term interests, then why would business actually execute it?
My conclusion breaks down when I negate this. KEEP
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(C) The morally preferable act for a business to execute and the long-term interests of the business seldom conflict.
One of highest picked INCORRECT ans. Before even negating it (the morally preferable act for a business to execute and the long-term interests of the business
never conflict.) , I simply do not care whether a morally preferable act and long term interests conflict.
I care about compelling reasons to execute the act. This is an out of scope answer.
OUT
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(D) The morally preferable act for a business to execute and the short-term interests of the business usually conflict.
(E) When a business’s short-term and long-term interests conflict, morality alone is rarely the overriding consideration.
Same reasoning as C, this is beyond the scope of argument and I do not care about frequency of conflict as in D
or an overriding consideration as in E. OUT
I guess working on scope of argument works faster than negating main verb of answer choices.
, and thank you for tagging me. (I like to respond if no one else has done so and taken the breath out of me.) I read through your reasoning, and the only parts I find need a little refinement are your negations. In choice (A), for example, the original
. The negation would be to remove
. Likewise, in choice (B), the opposite of
. You still walked away with the correct answer, so you are on the right track, but you have to be careful when negating not to take it too far and distort the meaning of the negated answer. On another question, an improper negation could lead you down the wrong path.
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