Cookie Cutter: PrepTest 23 Section 3 Question 10
A
Cows given good-quality diets produce much more meat and milk than they would produce otherwise.
B
Carbon and hydrogen, the elements that make up methane, are found in abundance in the components of all types of cow feed.
C
Most farmers would be willing to give their cows high-quality feed if the cost of that feed were lower.
D
Worldwide, more methane is produced by cows raised for meat production than by those raised for milk production.
E
Per liter, methane contributes more to global warming than does carbon dioxide, a gas that is thought to be the most significant contributor to global warming.
To face danger solely because doing so affords one a certain pleasure does not constitute courage. Real courage is manifested only when a person, in acting to attain a goal, perseveres in the face of fear prompted by one or more dangers involved.
Summary
Real courage requires persevering in the face of fear while acting to attain a goal.
Facing danger only because it brings one pleasure is not real courage.
Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
If one faces danger in order to attain a goal, he is only being courageous if he is also persevering in the face of fear.
If one perseveres in the face of fear, he is only being courageous if he’s also acting to attain a goal.
A
A person who must face danger in order to avoid future pain cannot properly be called courageous for doing so.
Unsupported. A person facing danger to avoid pain is acting to attain a goal. This person might also be persevering in the face of fear, in which case, they could potentially be called courageous.
B
A person who experiences fear of some aspects of a dangerous situation cannot be said to act courageously in that situation.
Unsupported. Courage requires persevering in the face of fear. The fact that someone experiences fear in a dangerous situation is not sufficient to conclude that they are not acting courageously.
C
A person who happens to derive pleasure from some dangerous activities is not a courageous person.
Unsupported. Facing danger solely because it brings pleasure is not real courage. As long as pleasure isn’t the only reason that this person faces danger, we can’t conclude that they are not courageous.
D
A person who faces danger in order to benefit others is acting courageously only if the person is afraid of the danger.
Very strongly supported. Courage requires persevering in the face of fear. One can only persevere in the face of fear if one is actually afraid. So someone who faces danger in order to attain the goal of benefiting others is only courageous if they are afraid of the danger.
E
A person who has no fear of the situations that everyone else would fear cannot be said to be courageous in any situation.
Unsupported. Just because this person isn’t afraid of the situations that other people are afraid of doesn’t mean that they aren’t afraid of any situation. This person might still persevere in the face of fear in some situations that other people do not fear.