LSAT 37, Logical Reasoning II, Q20, LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: The desire for praise is the desire…

QUESTION TYPE: Sufficient Assumption

CONCLUSION: You don’t deserve praise if the desire for praise motivates you to help others. 

REASONING: We deserve praise only if we’re trying to help others. 

ANALYSIS: The argument hasn’t shown that people who want praise also lack a desire to help others. We can have multiple motives for any action. We may like to help others as well as ourselves.

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1. CORRECT. If we can’t have both motives then this is a good argument. Desire for praise means no desire to help others. 
2. This sounds good, but the argument hasn’t proven that those actions are motivated solely by a desire for praise. People can have multiple motives.
3. The argument hasn’t said that people motivated by praise are indifferent to the welfare of others.
4. People might well advance the interest of others if they take action to help them. So they could deserve praise.
5. This shows that we’re correct to focus on motives. But this doesn’t let us say that people who desire praise also lack a desire to help others. 

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