Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The desire for praise is the desire to obtain, as a sign tha

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During timed practice, it was overwhelming to digest the abstract words mentioned in this question. Hence, i typed my thought process here to know whether my reasoning wasokay.

Core toconclusion:

people merit praise only for those actions motivated by a desire to help others --> who aids others primarily out of a desire for praise does not deserve praise for that aid.

Which one of the following, if assumed, enables the conclusion of the argument to be properly drawn?

(A) An action that is motivated by a desire for the favorable opinion of others cannot also be motivated by a desire to help others.
This one wrecks the conclusion by stating that' 'desire to help other'' and ''desire for praise'' are NOT mutuallyexclusive

(B) No action is worthy of praise if it is motivated solely by a desire for praise.
I think, it is the simple restatement for theconclusion . If something is ''SOLELY'', then it is ''PRIMARILY'', right?

(C) People
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Statistics : Posted by ashutosh_73 • on 08 Jul 2014, 09:27 • Replies 9 • Views 8043

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