PT58, S1, Q26
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 12:07 am
This question is really easy but it really threw me off because
1) I thought, and still think, that the last sentence is a conclusion
2) The correct answer says it refutes a premise, but there is no explicit premise, there is an implied premise that "only humans are capable of obeying" moral rules, which I thought refute a "premise" do not apply to. I looked around explanations for this and it seems like some people interpreted the last sentence to be a premise and conclusion, but in identifying the conclusion sort of question, we would have considered the entire sentence a conclusion as qualifiers of conclusions are often considered as part of the conclusion, i.e., A because Y is the conclusion, not just A.
Can someone comment on my thinking process here? Does premise refer to implicit premises? or we ought to interpret the last sentence as a premise + conclusion
1) I thought, and still think, that the last sentence is a conclusion
2) The correct answer says it refutes a premise, but there is no explicit premise, there is an implied premise that "only humans are capable of obeying" moral rules, which I thought refute a "premise" do not apply to. I looked around explanations for this and it seems like some people interpreted the last sentence to be a premise and conclusion, but in identifying the conclusion sort of question, we would have considered the entire sentence a conclusion as qualifiers of conclusions are often considered as part of the conclusion, i.e., A because Y is the conclusion, not just A.
Can someone comment on my thinking process here? Does premise refer to implicit premises? or we ought to interpret the last sentence as a premise + conclusion