PT139.S4.Q14

PrepTest 139 - Section 4 - Question 14

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Method of Reasoning

The argument concludes that no one fundamentally wants anything but pleasure. The author supports this statement by explaining that any time people get what they want, they feel pleasure.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author has not supported their conclusion that no one wants anything but pleasure. In the premises, the author defines pleasure as a byproduct of obtaining the things you want. So we know what happens as a result of getting what you want, but not why you would want those things. Perhaps people have alternate motivations for wanting those things, and feeling pleasure is simply a byproduct or a fortuitous addition to getting those things they wanted. Had the author shown that everyone’s motivations for desiring the things they want actually do stem from a desire for pleasure, his argument would have been supported.

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14.

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a

I sure am ████████ ███ █████ ████ ██████ █ ███ ████ █ █████ ████ ██ █ █████ █ ██████ ██ ████ █████ ████

b

I have never ████ ███████ ███ ████ ████████ █████ ██ █████████ ███ ██ █ █████ █ ████ ███ ████ ██ █████ ████

c

Every time I ███ █████ █ ███ █ ████████████ ██ █ ███████ ███ ██████ █ ███ █████ ██ ███ █████ █████ ██ ██ ████ █ ███ ████ █ ████████████

d

Every time I ████ ████ ██ █ █████ ████ █████ █ ████ ███████ ███████ ██ █ ██████ █ ████ █████ ██████ ██ █████ ███ █ ██ ██ █ █████ ████████

e

I never enjoy █ ██████ ████ ███████ ██████ ███ █████ ██ █ █████ █ █████ ███ █████ █████ ██ █ ██████████ ████ ██ █ █████ ███ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████

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