Must be FalseDiff: Hard

Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: Being smart about your happiness is different from just doing what you want, because wants are usually impulsive and some 'wants'—like compulsions—don't actually make you happy at all.

Reasoning: Rational happiness requires long-term planning, whereas desires are typically short-term; furthermore, compulsions are a subset of desires that fail to produce happiness even when satisfied.

Analysis: In a 'Must be False' scenario, we need to find a statement that directly contradicts the rules established by the philosopher. The stimulus creates a clear distinction: ordinary desires provide at least a moment of happiness, but compulsions provide none. If an answer choice describes a person who achieves happiness through a compulsion, that would violate the premises. Similarly, since rational happiness requires long-term consideration, any claim that a purely short-term, impulsive act constitutes the 'rational pursuit of happiness' would also be a candidate for being false.

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18.

If all of the philosopher's statements are true, each of the following could be true EXCEPT:

Correct Answer
B
B contradicts the philosopher’s claim that compulsions can lead to goals that offer no happiness even when reached. Saying that attaining the goal of any desire results in momentary happiness cannot be true if compulsions sometimes produce no happiness upon attainment.
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