Q16 - It is inconsistent to pay

[tzyc]

Does Franklin *assume* there is no rational basis for the difference? (Because there is no description...so he is assuming all factors which sports celebrities and Nobel laureates have are the same, including rare talents and how hard they work)
Just want to double check...
the disagreement can be shown inplicitly and explicitly is that correct?

Thank you

[sumukh09]

Close!

Franklin assumes there IS a rational basis for the difference which is why he's arguing that sports celebrities shouldn't be paid 10x what Nobel laureates are paid.

Tomeka would agree with answer choice D and Franklin would disagree.

[tzyc]

Sorry but I'm confused...
Franklin says "It is inconsistent to pay...10 times " and the reason is because both of them have rare talents and are hard workers.
So he thinks they should be treated the same, isn't it??
And I thought Tomeka says he neglects to consider the difference between them, which would be the rational basis for the difference in salary...
Sorry if what I'm asking did not make sense..

[sumukh09]

Hey,

Yeah Franklin thinks they should be treated the same because he believes there exists a fair system upon which both sports celebrities and nobel laureates should be paid. In other words, he thinks there IS a rational basis for how both salaries are structured and thus he thinks it is inconsistent for sports celebrities to be paid so much more than nobel laureates. He thinks there shouldn't be such a large disparity between the two salaries and so he believes a rational basis does in fact exist that would allow the salaries to be comparable. However, Tomeka argues his point by pointing out a key difference in both their salaries that Franklin didn't take into account; ie) that there is no rational basis upon which the two can be compared because sports celebrities earn money through other means. Let me know if this doesn't clear it up!

[tzyc]

Ahh, now I see it!
Thanks

[gplaya123]

probably people are stuck between B and D.
I chose B myself.
bascially
F says Nobel L should be paid more than right now
and T says Sport C are paid more than them because they bring more profits to their employer.
I interpreted T's comment as "that's why Nobel L should get paid less."

D is right because: F would say that no, there is no rational basis because they both work hard; T would say yes, there is one because Sport C bring more profits to their employers.

B is wrong because: F would say yeah Nobel L should be paid more but we don't know what T would say. Just because T asserted the fact that Sport C should get paid more than Nobel L does not mean that T is saying that the latter group should get paid less than the former.

[Mab6q]

Close!

Franklin assumes there IS a rational basis for the difference which is why he's arguing that sports celebrities shouldn't be paid 10x what Nobel laureates are paid.

Tomeka would agree with answer choice D and Franklin would disagree.

I believe you have it mixed up, unless I'm mistaken.

Franklin would hold that there is no rational basis for the difference because both have rare talents and work hard, whereas Tomeka would disagree.There is a rational basis since celebrities earn more for their employers.

[roflcoptersoisoi]

Point at issue:
Franklin: Sports celebrities and Nobel laureate both are talented and work hard
Therefore: It is inconsistent to pay them differently

Tomeka: You neglect to point out that sports celebrities generate millions of dollars for their employers in the form of gate receipts and TV rights.

The issue is that franklin does not think there is any reason why nobel laureate and sports celebrities are not paid the same given that they both work hard and are talented. Tomeka critiques Franklin's reasoning by arguing that he overlooks the fact that sports celebrities make a shit tone of money for their employers, the correct answer choice will address this

(A) There is no discussion was to how seriously people should take noble laureates, eliminate.
(B) This misrepresents Franklin's point. He says that there should be more consistency as to how much both are paid, not that nobel laureates should make more than sports celebrities.
(C) This again misrepresents a point unique to Franklin's argument. Franklin posits that they both work hard and are talented, however we are given no information as to how hard they work or how talented they are relative to each other, eliminate.
(D) Bingo. Tomeka attacks by Franklin's reasoning by providing him with a reason for which sports celebrities merit a higher salary than nobel laureates.
(E) Social contributions made by sports celebrities isn't discussed by any of these guys.