Well-intentioned people sometimes

Answer choices

1. A

   Weak Conclusion Match Bad Evidence Match1% picked this

   One should get involved in other people's problems only with the intention of producing the

   If we contrapose this answer, it will say you don't have intention shouldn't get of producing best overall ? involved in other consequences people's problems The right side is a decent match. If you shouldn't get involved in people's problems, then getting involved in people's marital problems shouldn't be done (thus it's usually unjustified). But the evidence is not even close. Well-intentioned attempts are having the intention of producing the best overall consequences. Since this rule's trigger doesn't apply to well-intentioned attempts, it's not useful to us.

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2. B

   Bad Evidence / Conclusion Match1% picked this

   Interpersonal relations should be conducted in accordance with doing whatever is right, regardless

   There's really nothing here matching the Evidence (usually ineffectual / foster resentment). It's just talking about doing "whatever is right", as though we have any idea what that means in regards to trying to help friends with their marital problems.

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3. C

   Weak Conclusion Match Bad Evidence Match1% picked this

   Good intentions are the only legitimate grounds on which to attempt to resolve the marital

   If we contrapose this answer, it will say you don't have not a legitimate grounds good intentions ? for attempting to resolve friends' marital problems The right side is a decent match. If you don't have legitimate grounds for attempting to resolve, then attempting to resolve sounds pretty unjustified. But the evidence is the opposite. Well-intentioned attempts do have good intentions as the grounds on which to attempt a resolution. Since this rule's trigger doesn't apply to well-intentioned attempts, it's not useful to us.

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4. D

   Bad Evidence Match Too Weak36% picked this

   The intentions of an action are irrelevant to whether or not that

   Even though this is finally talking about whether or not an action is justified, it has no power to rule that something is unjustified. It only has the power to rule on whether X is or isn't relevant to the discussion of whether an action is justified. The author does seem to think that intentions are not enough. Even well-intentioned stuff is still usually a bad idea. So saying that intentions are irrelevant helps the argument a little, by establishing that we would never say an attempt to resolve was justified simply because it was done with good intentions. But this just still leaves it an open question whether an attempt to resolve friends' marital problems is / isn't justified, because this answer doesn't nudge us in either direction.

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5. E

   Correct61% picked this

   No actions based on good intentions are justified unless they also

   Why this is right

   This is the first answer choice that finally put the Conclusion the right side of a conditional rule (which is the typical format for correct answers on Principle). This rule says, well-intentioned action ? not justified does not result in success Do we know whether well-intentioned attempts to resolve the marital problems of friends results in success? Yes. We know that usually it does not. They are usually ineffectual (i.e. ineffective). Thus, according to this rule, they are usually unjustified. So this rule pretty much has the power to guarantee our conclusion.

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

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