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Which Is the Best Standard-Form Representation of the Following Argument

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Which is the best standard-form representation of the following Argument from Analogy?
Doctors should never even consider helping a patient die, even if the patient has requested it, for the same reasons doctors should never even consider having sex with their patients. A total prohibition on doctors having sex with patients, even in situations in which the patient requests it, removes any temptation a doctor might feel to seduce a vulnerable patient. A total prohibition on assisted suicide removes any temptation a doctor might feel to urge a vulnerable patients to prematurely end their lives


A) 1) Doctors should never even consider having sex with their patients.
2) Helping a patient to die is relevantly similar to having sex with patients. So, doctors should never even consider helping a patient to die.
B) 1) A total prohibition on doctors having sex with patients removes any temptation a doctor might feel to seduce a vulnerable patient.
2) A total prohibition on assisted suicide removes any temptation a doctor has to urge a vulnerable patient to prematurely end their lives.
So, doctors should never even consider helping a patient end their life.
C) 1) Doctors should never even consider having sex with patients.
2) A total prohibition on assisted suicide removes any temptation a doctor might feel to urge vulnerable patients to prematurely end their lives.
So, doctors should never consider helping a patient die.
D) 1) Doctors should never consider helping a patient die.
2) Having sex with a patient is relevantly similar to helping a patient die. So, doctors should never even consider having sex with patients.

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