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Hi all,

Can you help me understand this question with conditional logic?

PT 54 S4 Q17

I see how (E) is totally right. But...

Answer choice (C) seems correct.

It says that Elgin obeys a rule and that the rule is detrimental to the general welfare of society, and it concludes that his obedience is wrong.

Our second condition in our stimulus is:

An action is right ----> required by a rule of the society in which the action is performed AND the rule promotes the general welfare of the people in that society.

(C) is a contraposition of our second condition. (C) denies one of the necessary conditions (promotes the general welfare of society) and then concludes that the sufficient is denied (not right). That's a valid contrapositive.

Can anyone show why I am wrong to think this?

Thanks so much, hereisonehand!

I just knew that they were going to make this tricky by using a contrapositive. But they actually tricked me by causing me to trick myself into assuming that because an action is not wrong, it is right. Damn, they are good