Cannot Be True Questions - - Question 6

Some people take their moral cues from governmental codes of law; for them, it is inconceivable that something that i...

ishadoshi August 17, 2019

answer choice C

why isn't C the answer

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Ravi August 17, 2019

@ishadoshi,

Let's take a look at (C) and (A).

(C) says, "governmental officials sometimes behave illegally"

The problem with (C) is that it lacks any mention of morality. Having
the knowledge that people sometimes act illegally doesn't tell us any
information about whether or not those actions are immoral or moral,
so this is why we can get rid of (C).

(A) says, "law does not cover all circumstances in which one person
morally wrongs another"

(A) looks great. The law cannot cover absolutely everything, so it is
possible that an immoral action is legal simply due to the fact that
there has not yet been a law made against it. This would contradict
the contrapositive of the conditional statement in the stimulus
because it is saying that there are occasions when something is
immoral but isn't illegal. This is just what we're looking for, so (A)
is correct.

Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any other questions!