Methods of Reasoning Questions - - Question 37

Zachary: One would have to be blind to the reality of moral obligation to deny that people who believe a course of ac...

manvir July 17, 2019

Why is D wrong?

Is D wrong because Cynthia is not saying it is impossible to find a principle, but rather that the proposed principle by Zachary is wrong?

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Irina July 17, 2019

@manvir,

Let's briefly summarize the argument.

Z argues that people who believe a course of action to be morally obligatory have the right and the duty to pursue such action, and no one else has any right to stop them from doing so.

C provides an example demonstrating how Z's logic leads to an absurd result when one morally committed person encounters another with opposite aims, and each of them the has both the right and the duty to stop the other's action and no right whatsoever to stop it.

(D) is wrong because the point of the argument is not that the term "moral obligation" is not universally understood or applicable, but rather the principle of moral obligation as expressed by Z is untenable. Both of the parties use the term "moral obligation" consistently.

Let me know if this helps.