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To face danger solely because doing so affords one a certain pleasure does not constitute courage.
Real courage is manifested C → AAG + PFD only when a person, in acting to attain a goal, perseveres in the face of fear prompted by one or more dangers involved.
Which one of the following statements can be properly inferred from the statements above?
A person who must face
A person who must face danger in order avoid future pain can properly be called courageous if the person fears such danger.
5% picked this
A person who experiences fear
The statements suggest that a person who experiences fear of some aspects of a dangerous situation can be said to act courageously if the person acts to attain a goal and perseveres in face of such dangers.
3% picked this
A person who happens to
This assumes that a person who happens to derive pleasure from some dangerous activities does not fear those activities.
23% picked this
A person who faces danger
Why this is right
This follows from the second AAG + C → PFD statement. Since courage implies both that one acts to attain a goal and perseveres in the face of fear prompted by danger, someone who acts courageously in order to benefit others must fear the danger they face.
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61% picked this
A person who has no
This would be true if it were known that everyone else would fear all dangerous situations that this person would face.
8% picked this
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