PT113 · S4 · Q20 The desire for praise is

This answer puts conclusion language on the right side of the arrow, which is generally desirable. However, in this argument we already have a way to prove the conclusion; we just have to establish that someone isn't motivated by a desire to help others. So in this case, seeing the conclusion's wording again would warn us this isn't the right answer. But functionally this answer could still work (it wouldn't use the Premise, which would be unprecedented for a correct answer, but it could still satisfy the task of the question stem). We would just need to know that the Trigger applies. Are people "who aid primarily out of a desire for praise" people who are "motivated solely by a desire for praise"? No. Since the people our conclusion is talking about are only primarily motivated by praise, we can't say this rule about people are motivated solely by praise would apply to them.

Bad Trigger Match Repeats What We Know This answer puts conclusion language on the right side of the arrow, which is generally desirable. However, in this argument we already have a way to prove the conclusion: we just have to establish that someone isn't motivated by a desire to help others. In a sense, this answer is actually just regurgitating the rule we were already given. not motivated by don't desire to help others → deserve (i.e. indifferent to the praise welfare of others) We would never pick an answer that repeats something we already know. But functionally this answer could still work. We would just need to know that the Trigger applies. Are people "who aid primarily out of a desire for praise" people who are "indifferent to the welfare of others?" We have no idea. We wouldn't be able to assume that this rule about people who are indifferent to the welfare of others applies to people who aid primarily out of a desire for praise.

This answer puts conclusion language on the right side of the arrow, which is generally desirable. However, in this argument we already have a way to prove "don't deserve praise"; we just have to establish that someone isn't motivated by a desire to help others. So in this case, seeing the conclusion's wording again would warn us this isn't the right answer. But functionally this answer could still work. We would just need to know that the Trigger applies. Are people "who aid primarily out of a desire for praise" people who are "not advancing the interests of others? We don't know. People who help primarily for praise may still be advancing the interests of others. We don't know if this rule about "people who don't advance the interests of others" would apply to "people who aid primarily out of a desire for praise".

We were already given a rule that says not motivated by desire → don't deserve to help others praise So we already knew that motivation was important in terms of assessing who does or doesn't deserve praise. But does this answer specify which motives don't deserve praise? No. So it won't enable us to prove that a certain group of people don't deserve praise. We have no way to apply this rule in any clear way to "people who aid primarily out of a desire for praise" and thus derive that "they don't deserve praise". We already know what would prove that someone doesn't deserve praise: establishing that they were not motivated by a desire to help others. This answer does nothing to convince us that "people who aid primarily for praise are not motivated by a desire to help others".