A gift is not generous

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Trigger Match18% picked this

   Charles, who hates opera, was given two expensive tickets to the opera. He in turn gave them to his cousin, who loves opera, as

   Since this is concluding "selfish", we'll see whether the argument establishes the trigger for rule 2: -benefits the giver or - less valuable than is customary This gift seems to benefit the recipient (the cousin who loves opera is given opera tickets), and it seems to be pretty valuable (they are expensive tickets).

   18%
2. B

   Bad Trigger Match6% picked this

   Emily gives her brother a year’s membership in a health club. She thinks that this will allow her brother to get the exercise he

   Since this is concluding "selfish", we'll see whether the argument establishes the trigger for rule 2: -benefits the giver or - less valuable than is customary This gift is intended to benefit the recipient (Emily "thinks this will allow her brother to get the exercise he needs"). And there's nothing here to suggest it's less valuable than is customary (a year's membership to a gym is a pretty big gift!)

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3. C

   Bad Conclusion Match5% picked this

   Amanda gives each of her clients an expensive bottle of wine every year. Amanda’s gifts are generous, since they cause the clients

   Since this is concluding "generous", we can throw this out without reading it. Rule 1 only allows us to conclude that a gift is "not generous".

   5%
4. D

   Correct62% picked this

   Olga gives her daughter a computer as a graduation gift. Since this is the gift that all children in Olga’s family receive

   Why this is right

   Since this is concluding "not generous", we'll see whether the argument establishes the trigger for rule 1: -isn't intended to benefit the recipient or - isn't worth more than what's expected or customary in the situation This gift isn't worth more than what's expected or customary, because "it's the gift that all children in Olga's family receive for graduation". She was no doubt expecting that she would also get a computer when she graduates, since that had happened to all other children in the family.

   Skill tested: Principle-Conform · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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5. E

   Bad Trigger Match9% picked this

   Michael gave his nephew $50 as a birthday gift, more than he had ever given before. Michael’s nephew, however, lost the money. Therefore, Michael’s

   Since this is concluding "not generous", we'll see whether the argument establishes the trigger for rule 1: -isn't intended to benefit the recipient or - isn't worth more than what's expected or customary in the situation This is certainly worth more than what's expected or customary, because it was "more than the nephew had ever been given before). And we would think that $50 was meant to benefit the recipient. There isn't any language here that would justify us thinking that Michael wasn't intending to benefit his nephew by giving him $50. The fact that the nephew lost the money would only establish that the gift didn't benefit the recipient. It doesn't show that the gift wasn't intended to benefit the recipient.

   9%