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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Gaven Ayala

1 September, 05:37

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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Nathanial Ware · Answer 1

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

Explanation:

Logical fallacy is reasoning that seems logical and true, but there is some flaw that makes it false. That is, the fallacy is understood as any reasoning error, followed by an inconsistent argument. We can see an example of this error of reasoning in the text shown in the question above, where we can interpret that the author stated that only doctors who are brave and well educated are good doctors, when there is no consistent argument to prove it.