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Ethicist: The penalties for drunk driving are far more severe when the drunk driver accidentally injures people than when no one is injured. Moral responsibility for an action depends solely on the intentions underlying the action and not on the action’s results. Therefore, legal responsibility, depending as it does in at least some cases on factors other than the agent’s intentions, is different than moral responsibility.
The claim that the penalties for drunk driving are far more severe when the drunk driver accidentally injures people than when no one is injured plays which one of the following roles in the ethicist’s argument?
(A) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that legal responsibility for an action is based solely upon features of the action that are generally unintended by the agent.
(B) It is offered as an illustration of the claim that the criteria of legal responsibility for an action include but are not the same as those for moral responsibility.
(C) It is offered as an illustration of the claim that people may be held morally responsible for an action for which they are not legally responsible.
(D) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that legal responsibility depends in at least some cases on factors other than the agent’s intentions.
(E) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that moral responsibility depends solely on the intentions underlying the action and not on the action’s result.
The claim that the penalties for drunk driving are far more severe when the drunk driver accidentally injures people than when no one is injured plays which one of the following roles in the ethicist’s argument?
(A) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that legal responsibility for an action is based solely upon features of the action that are generally unintended by the agent.
(B) It is offered as an illustration of the claim that the criteria of legal responsibility for an action include but are not the same as those for moral responsibility.
(C) It is offered as an illustration of the claim that people may be held morally responsible for an action for which they are not legally responsible.
(D) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that legal responsibility depends in at least some cases on factors other than the agent’s intentions.
(E) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that moral responsibility depends solely on the intentions underlying the action and not on the action’s result.
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Ethicist: The penalties for drunk driving are far more severe when the drunk driver accidentally injures people than when no one is injured. Moral responsibility for an action depends solely on the intentions underlying the action and not on the action’s results. Therefore, legal responsibility, depending as it does in at least some cases on factors other than the agent’s intentions, is different than moral responsibility.
The claim that the penalties for drunk driving are far more severe when the drunk driver accidentally injures people than when no one is injured plays which one of the following roles in the ethicist’s argument?
Pre-Thinking: the claim is a premise helping author to conclude ( Conclusion starts from there fore).
(A) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that legal responsibility for an action is based solely upon features of the action that are generally unintended by the agent.Supporting something different not the conclusion of the argument
(B) It is offered as an illustration of the claim that the criteria of legal responsibility for an action include but are not the same as those for moral responsibility. No it is offered as a premise
(C) It is offered as an illustration of the claim that people may be held morally responsible for an action for which they are not legally responsible.No it is offered as a premise
(D) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that legal responsibility depends in at least some cases on factors other than the agent’s intentions.Correct
(E) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that moral responsibility depends solely on the intentions underlying the action and not on the action’s resultSupporting something different not the conclusion of the argument
Ethicist: The penalties for drunk driving are far more severe when the drunk driver accidentally injures people than when no one is injured. Moral responsibility for an action depends solely on the intentions underlying the action and not on the action’s results. Therefore, legal responsibility, depending as it does in at least some cases on factors other than the agent’s intentions, is different than moral responsibility.
The claim that the penalties for drunk driving are far more severe when the drunk driver accidentally injures people than when no one is injured plays which one of the following roles in the ethicist’s argument?
Pre-Thinking: the claim is a premise helping author to conclude ( Conclusion starts from there fore).
(A) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that legal responsibility for an action is based solely upon features of the action that are generally unintended by the agent.Supporting something different not the conclusion of the argument
(B) It is offered as an illustration of the claim that the criteria of legal responsibility for an action include but are not the same as those for moral responsibility. No it is offered as a premise
(C) It is offered as an illustration of the claim that people may be held morally responsible for an action for which they are not legally responsible.No it is offered as a premise
(D) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that legal responsibility depends in at least some cases on factors other than the agent’s intentions.Correct
(E) It is a premise offered in support of the claim that moral responsibility depends solely on the intentions underlying the action and not on the action’s resultSupporting something different not the conclusion of the argument
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Conclusion: Legal responsibility is different than moral responsibility.
Premises: Moral Responsibility is based solely on intention. Legal responsibility sometimes depends on
factors other than intention. For example, drunk driving + injury receives a stiffer penalty than drunk
driving without injury.
We're asked to identify the role of the example in boldface. The example is of a situation in which
something other than intention is used to determine legal responsibility. (D) nails it.
(A) is too extreme - the argument doesn't say that legal responsibility is based only on unintended features
- there's no discussion of all the factors that go into legal responsibility. There might be some intended
factors that go into legal responsibility.
(B) is tempting! The part in question is used to explore the criteria of legal responsibility, however the
conclusion is not that the criteria that legal responsibility uses includes the factors that moral
responsibility uses; the conclusion is that the factors are different. We're saying the drunk driver didn't
intend to injure someone. The first sentence is saying "the EXTRA penalty","the extra punishment" you get
for injuring someone while drunk driving has nothing to do with whether you intended to injure someone.
(We know they didn't intend to injure because it says "the drunk driver accidentally injures people").
(B) is saying "the first sentence was used to illustrate a claim [the argument never made]" while (D) is
saying "the first sentence was a premise in support of a claim [the argument actually made]"
(C) is incorrect because drunk drivers, causing injury or not, are legally responsible. The issue is that the
severity of the penalty changes.
(E) is tempting! We do learn that moral responsibility depends solely on intentions, but the example we're
looking at is not used to support that. In fact, that fact is a premise that is stated without support.
Premises: Moral Responsibility is based solely on intention. Legal responsibility sometimes depends on
factors other than intention. For example, drunk driving + injury receives a stiffer penalty than drunk
driving without injury.
We're asked to identify the role of the example in boldface. The example is of a situation in which
something other than intention is used to determine legal responsibility. (D) nails it.
(A) is too extreme - the argument doesn't say that legal responsibility is based only on unintended features
- there's no discussion of all the factors that go into legal responsibility. There might be some intended
factors that go into legal responsibility.
(B) is tempting! The part in question is used to explore the criteria of legal responsibility, however the
conclusion is not that the criteria that legal responsibility uses includes the factors that moral
responsibility uses; the conclusion is that the factors are different. We're saying the drunk driver didn't
intend to injure someone. The first sentence is saying "the EXTRA penalty","the extra punishment" you get
for injuring someone while drunk driving has nothing to do with whether you intended to injure someone.
(We know they didn't intend to injure because it says "the drunk driver accidentally injures people").
(B) is saying "the first sentence was used to illustrate a claim [the argument never made]" while (D) is
saying "the first sentence was a premise in support of a claim [the argument actually made]"
(C) is incorrect because drunk drivers, causing injury or not, are legally responsible. The issue is that the
severity of the penalty changes.
(E) is tempting! We do learn that moral responsibility depends solely on intentions, but the example we're
looking at is not used to support that. In fact, that fact is a premise that is stated without support.
