Having lived through extraordinary childhood

Answer choices

1. A

   Contradicted5% picked this

   Robin committed no offense that was not

   This answer is a real mind blower, because of its double negative. We might want to collapse one of these ideas into a different label so that it's easier to process what this is saying. "not legally permissible" = illegal So this answer says, Robin committed no offense that was illegal. What do you mean, (A)? We were told that Robin knew his offense was illegal, so it sounds like Robin did commit an offense that was illegal.

   5%
2. B

   Correct84% picked this

   Robin did something that was morally

   Why this is right

   Yup, we can prove this. The last sentence said it was a "fact that [Robin's offense] was a morally wrong act". Robin committed an offense. He didn't recognize the fact that it was a morally wrong act, but it is a fact that it was a morally wrong act.

   Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   84%
3. C

   Too Strong: never excusable5% picked this

   Moral ignorance is never excusable in the eyes of

   We don't have any idea about how the "eyes of the law" handles moral ignorance. Maybe sometimes it is excusable. A morally ignorant 3-year old might accidentally do something morally wrong (maybe they steal a candy bar from a 7/11), and in the eyes of the law, do they arrest that 3 year old or potentially find her moral ignorance excusable? We have no idea.

   5%
4. D

   Speculative: could have provided more2% picked this

   Robin’s childhood could have provided more adequate moral training even in

   We don't know enough about Robin's childhood to judge whether it could have provided more adequate moral training. Perhaps Robin fell out of a helicopter and was raised by wolves in the jungle. This answer is saying, "The wolves could have a done a better job providing Robin with adequate moral training".

   2%
5. E

   Out of Scope4% picked this

   Robin could now be brought to see the moral difference between

   Out of Scope: could now be "fixed" We don't know whether Robin's lack of a moral conception is something that can be fixed or not. It might be a permanent deficiency that can't be remedied now that he's fully cognitively developed.

   4%