Two things are true of all immoral actions. First, if they are performed in public, they offend public sensibilities....
MrLawOctober 30, 2019
Diagramming
I'm confused on how to diagram this S&N condition. The prompt says two things are true of an immoral action: if performed in public they offend sensibilities, and they are accompanied by feelings of guilt. Why would you not diagram it as follows:
OPS and AFG => IA
not IA => notOPS or notAFG
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We cannot diagram it this way because the first premise is conditional - ONLY IF an immoral action is performed in public THEN it offends public sensibilities, whereas the second premise is absolute - ANY immoral action is always accompanied by feelings of guilt.
(1) imm action & public -> offend sensibilities ~ offend -> ~ imm action v ~ public (2) imm action -> guilt ~ guilt -> ~ imm action
These premises allow us to conclude that (A) must be false because (2) is a universal premise, all immoral actions result in feelings of guilt, it is irrelevant whether they are performed in public or not.
MrLawOctober 30, 2019
ONLY IF introduces a necessary condition, but IF introduces a necessary condition. The passage reads "If an action..." not "Only if an action..."
Am I missing an interpretation of something? Thanks for your help!
IrinaOctober 30, 2019
@Alexander-Blankers,
I did not mean "only" to be a conditional indicator, sorry about the confusion. "IF" indicates the sufficient condition in this premise. If an action is immoral AND it is performed in public - both must be true - THEN it offends sensibilities.
