One can never tell whether another person

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct49% picked this

   The intention of an action is indispensable for an evaluation of

   Why this is right

   Intention = motive. Indispensable = required. If we express A in conditional logic, it’s saying “If you don’t have intention, you don’t have evaluation of morality”. That mimics the move from Premise to Subsidiary Conclusion: “if you don’t know true motive, it’s impossible to judge morality of an action.”

   Skill tested: Principle-Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   49%
2. B

   Out of Scope: ‘praise’ / ‘blame’ / ‘value’.2% picked this

   The assigning of praise and blame is what is most important in the assessment of the

   The conversation is about whether we should evaluate morality or consequences. You can evaluate the morality of an action without going on to praise or blame someone. And an action can have value, apart from whether it has moral value. If we applied this answer's language structure correctly to the argument it would sound like “The knowability of motive is what is most important in assessing morality”.

   2%
3. C

   Trap1% picked this

   One can sometimes know one's own motives for a

   Too Weak / Out of Scope: "knowing your own motives". Beyond being far too weak to be correct on Principle-Justify, this answer pulls in an out of scope idea about “knowing your own motives”, rather than “knowing whether another person’s motive was ulterior”.

   1%
4. D

   Trap11% picked this

   There can be good actions that are not performed by a

   Too Weak / Out of Scope: "good person" Beyond being far too weak to be correct on Principle-Justify, this answer pulls in an out of scope idea about “a good person”, rather than “a good action”.

   11%
5. E

   Bad Premise Match36% picked this

   One cannot know whether someone acted morally in a particular situation unless one knows what consequences

   Bad Premise Match: Don't know consequences → don't know morality The author said “If you don’t know the motive of an action, don’t know morality”. This doesn’t match either of the moves the author made.

   36%