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#7 - If rational-choice theory is correct, then people act

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-  Sat Jul 05, 2025 9:18 am #113454
Can someone please help me why is this not A?
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-  Mon Jul 07, 2025 6:07 pm #113483
Hey Dshen,

When answer choices are in the abstract, I reccommend making yourself identify what exactly they would be referencing. This often illuminates the flaws in a potential answer choice.

Here, answer choice (A) "assumes as a premise the contention the argument purports to establish." So, what is the contention the argument purports to establish? It seems that it would be that "rational-choice theory cannot be correct."

But is that also the premise of the argument? No - here the premise is that "people act in ways that don't personally benefit them" - that's why rational choice theory can't be correct.

So this answer choice doesn't describe what's actually happening in the stimulus.

Hope that helps!
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