Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: Breaking a law to change it is wrong if you're only doing it for yourself, but it's right if your inner moral compass says you have to do it.

Reasoning: The passage establishes two rules: one for when civil disobedience is definitely not justified (pure self-interest) and one for when it definitely is (conscience).

Analysis: This is a classic application scenario where we need to find a situation that fits perfectly into one of the two provided conditional buckets. We are looking for a judgment where either someone's conscience forced them to act, making it justified, or where they acted solely for their own benefit, making it unjustified. Be careful with cases that involve a mix of motives, as the 'unjustified' rule specifically requires only self-interest. The most straightforward application will likely match the 'conscience' trigger or the 'pure self-interest' trigger exactly.

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23.

Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principles stated above?

Correct Answer
D
Her act is civil disobedience, her conscience required it, and she acted on behalf of all publishers (so not self-interest alone). This satisfies the sufficient condition for justified and avoids the sufficient condition for not justified.
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