Identify the best standard-form representation of the argument in the passage:
The passage: It's possible to care about the well-being of something for its own sake only if that thing has interests. And something has interests only if it exhibits goal- directed behavior. Ecosystems do not exhibit goal-directed behavior. Therefore, an ecosystem is not the kind of thing whose well-being we can possibly care about for its own sake.
A) 1) An ecosystem is not the kind of thing whose well-being we an possible care about for its own sake.
2) Something has interests only if it exhibits goal-directed behavior.
3) Ecosystems do not exhibit goal-directed behavior.
So, it's possible to care about the well-being of something for its own sake only if that thing has interests.
B) 1) It's possible to care about the well-being of something for its own sake only if that thing has interests.
2) Something has interests only if it exhibits goal-directed behavior.
3) An ecosystem is not the kind of thing whose well-being we an possible care about for its own sake.
So, ecosystems do not exhibit goal-directed behavior.
C) 1) It's possible to care about the well-being of something for its own sake only if that thing has interests.
2) Something has interests only if it exhibits goal-directed behavior.
So, an ecosystem is not the kind of thing whose well-being we an possible care about for its own sake.
D) 1) It's possible to care about the well-being of something for its own sake only if that thing has interests.
2) Something has interests only if it exhibits goal-directed behavior.
3) Ecosystems do not exhibit goal-directed behavior.
So, an ecosystem is not the kind of thing whose well-being we an possible care about for its own sake.
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