Read the excerpt from "Work."

So of doctors. They like fees no doubt-ought to like them; yet if they are brave and well educated, the entire object of their lives is not fees. They, on the whole, desire to cure the sick; and-if they are good doctors, and the choice were fairly put to them-would rather cure their patient and lose their fee than kill him and get it. And so with all other brave and rightly trained men; their work is first, their fee second; very important always, but still second.

What is the effect of the logical fallacy in this excerpt?

A. It suggests that people who study medicine only care about how much money they will make.

B. It implies that only doctors who put money second are good doctors.

C. It encourages good doctors to refuse payment from their patients.

D. It implies that only doctors who are brave and well educated make good doctors.

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Leanna Ball

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27 March, 20:54

Read the excerpt from "Work."

So of doctors. They like fees no doubt-ought to like them; yet if they are brave and well educated, the entire object of their lives is not fees. They, on the whole, desire to cure the sick; and-if they are good doctors, and the choice were fairly put to them-would rather cure their patient and lose their fee than kill him and get it. And so with all other brave and rightly trained men; their work is first, their fee second; very important always, but still second.

What is the effect of the logical fallacy in this excerpt?

A. It suggests that people who study medicine only care about how much money they will make.

B. It implies that only doctors who put money second are good doctors.

C. It encourages good doctors to refuse payment from their patients.

D. It implies that only doctors who are brave and well educated make good doctors.

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Talia Haas · Answer 1

D. It implies that only doctors who are brave and well educated make good doctors.

Explanation:

In the excerpt above, it says that usually doctors focus on being paid rather than curing their patients of their illness. It is hard to find those brave men who put their duty before their payment.

Good doctors are those whose primary focus is to treat patients and ask for fees on secondary terms.

Therefore the logical fallacy in this question is option four D. It implies that only doctors who are brave and well educated make good doctors.