PrepTest 86, Section 3, Question 15

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It has been said that understanding a person completely leads one to forgive that person entirely. If so, then it follows that complete self-forgiveness is beyond our reach, for complete self-understanding, however desirable, is unattainable.

It has been said that understanding a person completely leads one to forgive that person entirely. If so, then it follows that complete self-forgiveness is beyond our reach, for complete self-understanding, however desirable, is unattainable.

It has been said that understanding a person completely leads one to forgive that person entirely. If so, then it follows that complete self-forgiveness is beyond our reach, for complete self-understanding, however desirable, is unattainable.

It has been said that understanding a person completely leads one to forgive that person entirely. If so, then it follows that complete self-forgiveness is beyond our reach, for complete self-understanding, however desirable, is unattainable.

Question
15

A flaw in the reasoning in the argument above is that this argument

treats the failure to satisfy a condition that brings about a particular outcome as if satisfying that condition is the only way to realize the outcome

confuses something that is necessary for an action to occur with something that necessarily results from that action

takes for granted that something that has merely been said to be true is, in fact, true

ignores the possibility that a state of affairs is desirable even if it cannot be attained

uses the difficulty of attaining a state of affairs as a reason for not attempting to attain it

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