To perform an act that is morally wrong is to offend against humanity, and all offenses against humanity are equally ...
Julie-VAugust 19, 2019
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Hi LSAT Max,
Can someone explain this for me? I know that the stimulus is talking about actions that are morally wrong, but since the example compared murders I thought that (A) was being extreme
Thanks!
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Great question. The argument does take a rather extreme position - it says:
To perform an act that is morally wrong is to offend against humanity. All offenses against humanity are equally bad.
So we can infer that: All morally wrong acts are equally bad.
The argument tells us that murder is morally wrong and confirms this conclusion by providing the bomb example.
(A) is saying that lying is morally wrong and we know that murder is morally wrong per the stimulus, thus the conclusion that telling a lie is equally bad to murdering someone is the proper inference from the argument's principle.
