QUESTION TEXT: Advice columnist: Parents should not encourage their…
QUESTION TYPE: Principle
CONCLUSION: Parents shouldn’t encourage children to value outdoing others.
REASONING: This sort of motivation causes resentment and unhappiness since it’s an achievement that’s difficult to satisfy.
ANALYSIS: This sounds like an if-then statement. We can prephrase this as: “if something causes resentment/unhappiness ➔ don’t encourage children to do it.”
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- The correct principle should say what parent’s shouldn’t do, and “the things they do well” is out of scope since it isn’t mentioned in the stimulus.
- Again, the principle should say what parents shouldn’t do. Also, having “at least some desires that are easy to satisfy” is never mentioned in the stimulus so it’s out of scope.
- CORRECT. The trait here is “plac[ing] great value on outdoing others”, which the stimulus says, fosters resentment and makes one less happy.
- Again, we want a principle that says what parents shouldn’t do. “Significant achievements” also makes this wrong since it’s not mentioned in the stimulus.
- This doesn’t talk at all about what parents shouldn’t encourage. Eliminate.
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