Must be TrueDiff: Hardest
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: You're only responsible for what you do if you did it freely, and you only act freely if you had another choice that wasn't a 'bad' or 'wrong' choice.
Reasoning: Moral responsibility requires a free action, which requires an available alternative, which in turn requires that the alternative is not morally wrong.
Analysis: This stimulus builds a conditional chain: Moral Responsibility → Free Action → Alternative Open → Alternative Not Morally Wrong. In 'Must be True' questions involving such chains, the correct answer is often the contrapositive or a link between the first and last terms. For instance, if every alternative to an action is morally wrong, then the action wasn't free, and the person isn't morally responsible for it. Focus on the strict 'if-then' relationships and avoid any answer that tries to reverse the direction of the arrows.
Reasoning: Moral responsibility requires a free action, which requires an available alternative, which in turn requires that the alternative is not morally wrong.
Analysis: This stimulus builds a conditional chain: Moral Responsibility → Free Action → Alternative Open → Alternative Not Morally Wrong. In 'Must be True' questions involving such chains, the correct answer is often the contrapositive or a link between the first and last terms. For instance, if every alternative to an action is morally wrong, then the action wasn't free, and the person isn't morally responsible for it. Focus on the strict 'if-then' relationships and avoid any answer that tries to reverse the direction of the arrows.
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Unlock Full Passage26.If the philosopher's statements are true, which one of the following must also be true?
Correct Answer
E
E is equivalent to the derived conditional. “An action is not free unless there is an alternative action that is not morally wrong” means: if there is no such alternative, the action is not free (¬R -> ¬F), which is contraposed from F -> R. This matches the chain F -> GO -> ¬Wrong.
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