Stocker's Hospitalized Patient thought experiment is intended to show that

A. no normal person acts solely out of a concern for other people.
B. acting purely out of a sense of duty is not always a good thing.
C. acting purely out of a sense of duty is always a good thing.
D. we should visit hospitalized patients only out of a sense of duty.


Answer: B

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