Philosopher: The rational pursuit of happiness is quite different from always doing what one most strongly desires t...
bfirm4August 20, 2019
clarification on question b
so even though the stimulus says that ordinary desires result in at least momentary happiness, does the fact that compulsions can lead people to pursue goals without achieving any happiness strike this out? could B be chosen on the fact that it refers to "any desires" leading to momentary happiness as opposed to "ordinary" ones?
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(B) says, "Attaining the goal of any desire results in momentary happiness."
In looking at the stimulus, we have two claims:
compulsions - some - desires compulsions - >offer no happiness
We can combine these to conclude that achieving the goals of some desires won't offer any happiness
(B) is the negation of the conclusion we reach, as it says achieving the goal of any desire results in momentary happiness. Combining the two claims from the stimulus, we see that at achieving the goals of at least some desires offers no happiness, so we know that (B) must be false. Thus, it's the correct answer choice.
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