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

[Administrator]

Please post your questions below!

[dshen123]

Can someone please help me why is this not A?

[Dana D]

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!

[saiffshaikhh@gmail.com]

is this a weaken question?