D. LEGUIN’S STORY ILLUSTRATES THE PROBLEM WITH UTILITARIANISM BY DE...

3. d. LeGuin’s story illustrates the problem with utilitarianism by describing how one person (the child)lives in misery so that others can be happy. The author explains that “utilitarianism puts the burden ofthe happiness of the masses on the suffering of the few” and then states that this problem is “so bril-liantly illustrated in LeGuin’s story.” Choice ais incorrect because the author does not comment on ormake any inferences about the overall quality of the story; she only comments on it in relation to itsdemonstration of the dilemma of utilitarianism. Readers may be interested in the story after readingthis passage (choice b), but again, the purpose of including the story is made evident by the last sen-tence in the passage. The author does not quote directly from the story, and she is clearly not summa-rizing it to illustrate the power of words, so choice cis incorrect.