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12 Apr 2017, 23:59
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Ethicist: It would be a mistake to say that just because someone is not inclined to do otherwise, she or he does not deserve to be praised for doing what is right, for although we do consider people especially virtuous if they successfully resist a desire to do what is wrong, they are certainly no less virtuous if they have succeeded in extinguishing all such desires. The assertion that people are considered especially virtuous if they successfully resist a desire to do what is wrong plays which one of the following roles in the ethicist’s argument?
(A) It is a claim for which the argument attempts to provide justification.
(B) It makes an observation that, according to the argument, is insufficient to justify the claim that the argument concludes is false.
(C) It is a claim, acceptance of which, the argument contends, is a primary obstacle to some people’s having an adequate conception of virtue.
(D) It is, according to the argument, a commonly held opinion that is nevertheless false.
(E) It reports an observation that, according to the argument, serves as evidence for the truth of its conclusion.
(A) It is a claim for which the argument attempts to provide justification.
(B) It makes an observation that, according to the argument, is insufficient to justify the claim that the argument concludes is false.
(C) It is a claim, acceptance of which, the argument contends, is a primary obstacle to some people’s having an adequate conception of virtue.
(D) It is, according to the argument, a commonly held opinion that is nevertheless false.
(E) It reports an observation that, according to the argument, serves as evidence for the truth of its conclusion.
16 Jun 2017, 14:06
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sriamlan
Consider a woman asleep at a park with her purse wide open so that anyone could easily walk by and steal her money. Charles sees the open purse and, being a glutton, is tempted to steal the money. Charles starts creeping up to the purse, but, even though he is drooling at the possibility of using that money to buy himself burritos, he reluctantly decides stealing the money would be wrong and walks away.
Mike walks by and has no desire to steal the money. In fact, the thought doesn't even cross his angelic mind.
The conclusion of the passage is: "It would be a mistake to say that just because someone is not inclined to do otherwise, she or he does not deserve to be praised for doing what is right." Using our example, that means that it would be a mistake to say that Mike doesn't deserve to be praised for not stealing the money, even though he had no desire to steal the money.
"Although we do consider people especially virtuous if they successfully resist a desire to do what is wrong, they are certainly no less virtuous if they have succeeded in extinguishing all such desires." Using our example, although Charles can be considered especially virtuous for resisting the desire to steal, Mike, having extinguished the desire to steal, is no less virtuous than Charles.
See if that helps!
28 Apr 2017, 19:44
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Bhavanahiremath,
I hope that helps!
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Choice B and choice E both start with, "It [reports/makes] an observation that, according to the argument...", where the observation is that "people are considered especially virtuous if they successfully resist a desire to do what is wrong"
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The conclusion is: "It would be a mistake to say that just because someone is not inclined to do otherwise, she or he does not deserve to be praised for doing what is right" Does the observation cited above serve as evidence for the truth of that conclusion? No; in fact, it serves as evidence that people deserve to be praised for doing what is right when they ARE inclined to do otherwise (opposing point). So E can be eliminated.
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The claim that the argument concludes is false is: "just because someone is not inclined to do otherwise, she or he does not deserve to be praised for doing what is right." In other words, even though "people are considered especially virtuous if they successfully resist a desire to do what is wrong," this observation is insufficient to justify the claim that people do not deserve to be praised for doing what is right just because they are not inclined to do otherwise.
I hope that helps!
