Self-study
Conclusion One should never sacrifice one's health in order to acquire money, for Support without health, happiness is not obtainable.
Summary
The author concludes that we should not sacrifice health to obtain money. This is based on the fact that health is necessary to obtain happiness.
Missing Connection
It’s not easy to transform the argument into Lawgic. So I wouldn’t force it. Instead, I’m focused on the conclusion bringing up the new idea of acquiring money and that we “should never” sacrifice health for money. Why shouldn’t we sacrifice health for acquiring money? The premise doesn’t say anything about acquiring money, or why we “should” or “should not” do something, so I’m expecting the correct answer, at a minimum, to tell me something about acquiring money and when we “should” or “should not” do something.
Ultimately the argument can be diagrammed, although most would find it difficult to translate the conclusion:
Premise: happiness → health
Conclusion: acquire money → NOT sacrifice health (in other words, have health)
Missing link: acquire money → happiness
17.
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a
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We know from the premise that without health, happiness is unobtainable. So if you sacrifice your health, that makes happiness unobtainable. According to (A), then, money should be acquired only if you do NOT sacrifice your health, because sacrificing health makes happiness unobtainable.
b
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(B) doesn’t tell me why one “should” never do something. So it can’t prove our conclusion, because neither (B) nor the premise tells me why one “should” never do something. There’s currently no support for this kind of prescriptive conclusion.
c
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(C) tells me about a constraint on how we should value health. But it doesn’t prove anything about when we should or should not sacrifice health or acquire money.
d
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(D) doesn’t tell me why one “should” never do something. So it can’t prove our conclusion, because neither (D) nor the premise tells me why one “should” never do something. There’s currently no support for this kind of prescriptive conclusion.
e
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(E) doesn’t tell me why one “should” never do something. So it can’t prove our conclusion, because neither (E) nor the premise tells me why one “should” never do something. There’s currently no support for this kind of prescriptive conclusion.