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 SethHarrell
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One problem I'm running into here is that I'm reading a lot of people state that it's unknown whether or not Daniel prefers honesty to kindness, but it states in the problem that if she does not congratulate him, then she will hurt his feelings. Isn't this showing Shayna's opinion that he, in fact, does have a preference of kindness over honesty?
That's the reason I didn't select D.
In the principle, it gives an exception to insincerity, when you're speaking with someone that prefers kindness to honesty.
Because of this, I chose B.
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 Hanin Abu Amara
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Hi!

While she might hurt his feelings, maybe he prefers that his feelings be hurt but know the truth over not knowing the truth. Knowing that he was hurt doesn't tell us what his actual preference is. We can't make logical jumps that aren't supported.

Just like in real life someone can prefer honestly while still not liking what they hear.

Hope that helps

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