It is often said that people should be rewarded for doing a given job in proportion to the effort it costs them to do...
shafieiavaJuly 30, 2019
B v D
I'm having trouble with the language of the answer choices here. Why is B wrong? It seems to me that it is saying something very similar to D and I can't pin point what makes D a better answer choice other than the language in the answer choice being a bit more clear.
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I often find these questions tough as well as they use such abstract language to identify what argumentative strategy is being employed in the passage. When addressing these questions, it is essential to have a full understanding of the argument being presented in the passage before going through the answer choices.
So, let's start by going through the passage.
The passage concludes that rewarding people for "doing a job in proportion to the effort it costs them to do it" is "a very bad idea."
Why is that?
The passage states that following this principle is a bad idea because "it would mean that those people with the least skill or natural aptitude for a particular task would be the ones given the most incentive to do it."
B is incorrect because the passage does not provide evidence of this "undesirable result" occurring. Rather, it simply states that following this principle "would mean" that the undesirable result would occur. This is restated by answer choice D which states that the passage attempts "to undermine a general principle by arguing that undesirable consequences would follow from it."
The general principle is that people should be rewarded for a job in proportion to the effort required. The passage argues that following this principle is a bad idea because it would mean that less skilled workers would have more incentive to complete a job.
Hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any further questions.
