#21- Genuine happiness consists not in pleasurable feelings

[izzy_tingles]

Could we use diagramming to get to the correct answer? For instance I'm thinking of the three valid some/most inferences, where one inference is:
Premise: A B
Premise: A C
Inference: B C

So, in this case, it would be:
H = happiness, AC = approval of one's character, MV = morally virtuous life
Premise: H AC
Premise: H MV
Inference: AC MV

This inference would match B? I know this isn't an exact match, but I wonder if this principle is correct. Thank you!

[Rachael Wilkenfeld]

Hi Izzy,

I think you are trying to push for conditional reasoning where it really isn't. You could say the good life morally virtuous. That doesn't really help us get to the right answer. The other phrasing is less than conditional, using words like "tends to" in order to link concepts. A conditional statement has to be a very strong relationship. If you know the sufficient is true, you know the necessary is true EVERY time. Anything less is not conditional, and cannot be diagrammed with the all arrow.

Hope that helps!