PT105.S4.Q21

PrepTest 105 - Section 4 - Question 21

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Ethicist: A person who treats others well is more worthy of praise if this treatment is at least partially motivated by feelings of compassion than if it is entirely motivated by cold and dispassionate concern for moral obligation. ████ ██ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ████ █ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ██ ████ ██ ███████ █████ ███ ██████ ██████ ██ ████ █████████

Summary

Who is more worthy of praise? A person who treats others well partially out of feelings of compassion, or a person who treats others well entirely out of of moral obligation? The person motivated by feelings is more worthy of praise.

People can choose to do what is morally right.

People cannot choose to have feelings.

Notable Valid Inferences

People can be more worthy of praise even when they are motivated by something they cannot control than when they are motivated by something that they can control.

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21.

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a

Only actions that ███ ██ █████ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ █ ████████ ████████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ████████████████ ██ ████ ███████

b

If a person █████ ██████████ ██████ ███ ██████ ████████ ██ ████ ████████ ████████ ███ █████ ███████ ████████ ███ ███████ ██ █████ ███████ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████

c

Only what is ███████ ██ █ ████████ ██████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ████████████████ ██ ████ ███████

d

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e

If someone wants ██ ████ ██████████ ██████ ██████ ███ ████ ████ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ███████

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