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I marked opposite. Can someone please help with the explanation
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­Speaker: A certain ethical theory holds that everyone has six fundamental duties: to avoid causing harm to others, to promote the common good, to act honorably, to be fair, to obey authority, and to be loyal. According to the theory, when these duties conflict, avoiding causing harm to others is more important than being fair or acting honorably, and being fair is more important than obeying authority. Promoting the common good is more important than being loyal but is less important than acting honorably or obeying authority.

Statement: The speaker's statements do NOT indicate that the duty to ______1______ is ever less important than any of other duties, and the statements do NOT indicate that the duty to ______2______ is ever more important than any of the other duties.

Select for 1 and 2 the options that complete the statement so that it is most accurate based on the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.­
­Writing down points in heirarchy will help in this question
Avoid Harm
Being Fair & Acting Honourably
Obey Authority & or below Promoting Good
Being Loyal
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avoiding causing harm to others is more important than being fair or acting honorably,

being fair is more important than obeying authority

Promoting the common good is more important than being loyal but is less important than acting honorably or obeying authority.



avoiding causing harm
acting honorably
being fair
obeying authority
Promoting the common
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1. avoid causing harm to others> be fair/ act honorably
2. be fair > obey authority
3. act honorably / obey authority > promote the common good > be loyal

This equation will help you out.
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This is a great method for parallel comparisons! thanks for sharing this!
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1. The question asks us to find a fundamental duty X and Y such that: X is not indicated to be less important than any other (it should be the most important now) and Y is not more important than any other (it should be the least important now).

2. Let all the fundamental duties be given a letter that represents its value: to avoid causing harm to others - A, to promote the common good - B, to act honorably - C, to be fair - D, to obey authority - E, and to be loyal - F.

3. From the problem, we can write down the following inequalities: A > D, A > C, D > E, B > F, C > B, E > B.

4. It's easier to draw this out. Let each value be a dot and each inequality is an arrow (the arrow heads to the larger value).

5. The graph can be changed to look better.

6. X is the value that all the arrows eventually lead to - which is A. Y is the value that has no arrows going to it - which is F.

7. Our answer will be that X is A and Y is F.

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Two simple things helped here.

1. Kept writing what's more important than what while reading (in short).
2. Negated the "do NOT" part and the question became less complicated.

Here's how I took notes:

"no harm > fair > obey authority/honor > common good > loyalty"

apparently, loyalty is the least important of all. why does this sound like my ex? XD

(Easy to mark the answer now.)
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I marked the opposite. LOL. I thought in the question statement, the author is being generous and saying that 'No I don't mean being 'loyal' is any less important' but I guess he was just being literal
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I marked opposite. Can someone please help with the explanation
It might be easier than you think.
as "do not" is a negation, so just think of it as an opposite statement.
Otherwise the statement contradicts the truth.
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