"You should not praise an act of apparent generosity unless you believe it is actually out of selfless motives,"
So, if you should praise an act of apparent generosity, then you believe it is actually out of selfless motives.
P1: SP ==> SM not SM ==> not SP
"you should not condemn an act of apparent selfishness unless you believe it is actually performed out of self-centered motives."
So if you should condemn an act of apparent selfishness, then you believe it is actually performed out of self-centered motives.
P2: C ==> SM not SM ==> not C
Answer choice (B) says that it was correct for Sarah not have praised Michael because she GUESSED that he only told that fact in order to impress her.
However, the principle states that you should not praise an act of apparent generosity unless you believe it is actually out of selfless motives. Sarah is only guessing this--we have no information telling us that she truly believes it. Thus, answer choice (B) does not follow.
As you see, answer choice (D) does not have this issue. We are told that Daniel was right not to praise Margaret for offering to share her house with a visiting French family, since he BELIEVED that she made the offer out of motives that were not selfless.
Hope that clears things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions.
davealtsNovember 17, 2019
yeah but also he could still be being selfless with his charity while still only telling her about it to impress her. This does not necessarily discount his charitibility. Another thing wrong with B that led me to eliminate it.
