Claim: No act is done purely for the benefit of others.
Reason: All actions — even those that seem to be done for other people — are based on self-interest.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
The statement alleged that no action has been done to benefit others and the reason claimed all of them is for self-benefit. Although I agree with the spirit of the message, I could not accept it as it is due to overgeneralizing the situations. Moreover, both claim and reason have some flaws which I explain now.
The claim maintains that there is not any action to benefit others purely and all that we have done is for ourselves. It could not be tur all of the time and in all of the situations. We have heard about soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country. For example, in the war between Iran and Iraq, some soldiers went to an oversee mission which they knew they would not come back but they decided to do due to be sure others safety.
The reason also has a problem that mentions all of the actions are done for self-interest. Apart from overgeneralizing the situation, the term self-interest might provide some fallacious. Some people sacrifice all of their lives for others. Take mothers as an example, they spend their time which could use for pleasure and rest for caring for their children and they may limit their leisure to assure their children success and health. Therefore, they do not these actions for self-interest, they just concern about their children and their interest.
Finally, though the claim and the reason overgeneralized the situation and did not consider exceptions, I believe the statement would be reasonable and reliable if the author changes some phrases. I reckon most of the time individuals have done actions for self-advantage and it could not be true for all of the time. For example, when we make a friend we might think about the benefit that we can get from that person or even maybe we just like him or her for pleasure. In both situations, we have done these actions due to self-interest.
In conclusion, I believe the claim and reason are reasonable but they did not consider all of the situations and overgeneralization may destroy them. It could be better to change the general words to some specific situations.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 213, Rule ID: IT_IS_JJ_TO_VBG[1]
Message: Did you mean 'overgeneralize'?
Suggestion: overgeneralize
..., I could not accept it as it is due to overgeneralizing the situations. Moreover, both claim an...
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Line 2, column 138, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...e is for ourselves. It could not be tur all of the time and in all of the situations. We h...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 161, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...could not be tur all of the time and in all of the situations. We have heard about soldier...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 326, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...en Iran and Iraq, some soldiers went to an oversee mission which they knew they would not ...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 45, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...reason also has a problem that mentions all of the actions are done for self-interest. Apa...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 301, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...-advantage and it could not be true for all of the time. For example, when we make a frien...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 88, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...re reasonable but they did not consider all of the situations and overgeneralization may d...
^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, if, may, moreover, so, therefore, apart from, for example, i reckon, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 19.5258426966 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 31.0 58.6224719101 53% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1719.0 2235.4752809 77% => OK
No of words: 360.0 442.535393258 81% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.775 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35587717469 4.55969084622 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82793467148 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 215.323595506 76% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.455555555556 0.4932671777 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 531.9 704.065955056 76% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.2687150909 60.3974514979 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.5 118.986275619 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.66666666667 5.21951772744 109% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.353023718208 0.243740707755 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.134078064841 0.0831039109588 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0987518625235 0.0758088955206 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.222280508265 0.150359130593 148% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0818356505585 0.0667264976115 123% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 14.1392134831 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.8420337079 122% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.44 12.1639044944 86% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.44 8.38706741573 89% => OK
difficult_words: 64.0 100.480337079 64% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.