PrepTest 66, Section 2, Question 13

Difficulty:

Brooks: I'm unhappy in my job, but I don't know whether I can accept the risks involved in quitting my job.

Morgenstern: The only risk in quitting is that of not finding another job. If you don't find one, you're going to be pretty unhappy. But you're already unhappy, so you might as well just quit.

Brooks: I'm unhappy in my job, but I don't know whether I can accept the risks involved in quitting my job.

Morgenstern: The only risk in quitting is that of not finding another job. If you don't find one, you're going to be pretty unhappy. But you're already unhappy, so you might as well just quit.

Brooks: I'm unhappy in my job, but I don't know whether I can accept the risks involved in quitting my job.

Question

Morgenstern's argument is flawed in that it

fails to take into account that unhappiness can vary in intensity or significance

relies on an assumption that is tantamount to assuming that the conclusion is true

mischaracterizes what Brooks says

conflates two different types of risk

reaches a generalization on the basis of a single case

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