Logical Reasoning

PT128 · S2 · Q16 Laurel: Modern moral theories must

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Laurel: Modern moral theories must be jettisoned, or at least greatly reworked, because they fail to provide guidance in extreme cases, which are precisely the times when people most need guidance.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

16.

Laurel's and Miriam's statements provide the most support for the claim that they disagree about whether

  1. it is preferable to develop

    Trap

    6% picked this

  2. people abandoned earlier moral theories

    Trap

    0% picked this

  3. Correct

    a moral theory's adequacy depends

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    90% picked this

  4. just as people need different

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. a moral theory developed in

    Trap

    2% picked this

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