PT 60, S3, Q20: Principle: One should criticize....

schyler.cox

Can anyone help explain this question? I used The Trainer for my LR prep, since I only found 7Sage a few weeks ago. On Mike Kim's website, it has this listed as a Strengthen question, but I cannot for the life of me figure this out. I have tried the Manhattan Prep forums but they list it as a Justify question and I have no idea what that means b/c MK doesn't use that category.

For the principle, I got:

Should criticize ---> no serious harm to person criticized + one does so in the expectation of benefitting someone other than oneself

contrapositive:

serious harm to person criticized OR does so in the expectation of benefitting oneself ---> Should NOT criticize

halp

Thanks in advance

c.janson35

"Or does not do so in the expectation of benefitting someone other than oneself" is the negation of the second condition. This is why A is correct. If Jarret knew that pointing out the mistakes would benefit no one, then that would satisfy the above condition.

Hope this helps!