The Jacksons regularly receive

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct53% picked this

   It is always laudable to do something helpful to someone, but not doing so would be wrong only if one has led that person

   Why this is right

   Since passing along Sara’s number would be helpful, this ensures that it would be laudable if the Jackson’s passed along her number. And by contrapositive, since the Jackson’s did not lead Sara to believe that they would pass along her number, it would not be wrong if the Jackson’s did not pass along her number.

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

   53%
2. B

   Too Weak5% picked this

   Being helpful to someone is laudable whenever it is not wrong

   This fails justify the part of ~PA → ~W the conclusion that says that it would not be wrong if the Jackson’s were not helpful (i.e., did not pass along Sara’s number).

   5%
3. C

   Too Weak36% picked this

   If one can do something that would be helpful to someone else and it would be easy to do, then it is laudable

   This fails justify the part of ~PA → ~W the conclusion that says that it would not be wrong if the Jackson’s were not helpful (i.e., did not pass along Sara’s number).

   36%
4. D

   Reversal1% picked this

   Doing something for someone is laudable only if it is difficult for one to do so and it is wrong for

   This makes laudable a trigger L → D + W of a relationship, whereas the reasoning in the argument makes it an outcome of a relationship.

   1%
5. E

   Reversal4% picked this

   The only actions that are laudable are those that it would not be wrong to refrain from doing, whether or not it

   This makes laudable a trigger L → ~W of a relationship, whereas the reasoning in the argument makes it an outcome of a relationship.

   4%