Self-study
Having lived through extraordinary childhood circumstances, Robin has no conception of the moral difference between right and wrong, only between what is legally permitted and what is not. ████ █████ █████████ ██ ████████ █████ ███ ███ █████████ ███ ████ ████ ██ ███ █ ███████ █████ ████ ███████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ████████
Summary
Robin lived through extraordinary childhood circumstances.
Robin committed an offense.
Robin doesn’t know the moral difference between right and wrong.
Robin did not recognize that her offense was morally wrong.
Robin does know the difference between what is legally permitted and what is not.
Robin did recognize that her offense was illegal.
Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
Robin’s offense was illegal.
Robin’s offense was morally wrong.
3.
From the statements above, which ███ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ██ ████████ █████████
a
Robin committed no ███████ ████ ███ ███ ███████ ████████████
Anti-supported. Robin committed an offense that was illegal, meaning it was not legally permissible.
b
Robin did something ████ ███ ███████ ██████
Very strongly supported. In telling us that Robin didn’t recognize that the offense she committed was morally wrong, the author implies that the act was, in fact, wrong, although Robin did not realize it.
c
Moral ignorance is █████ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t indicate whether Robin’s moral ignorance constitutes a legal excuse for her behavior.
d
Robin's childhood could ████ ████████ ████ ████████ █████ ████████ ████ ██ ███ ██████████████
Unsupported. The stimulus gives no information about what was or was not theoretically possible under the circumstances of Robin’s childhood.
e
Robin could now ██ ███████ ██ ███ ███ █████ ██████████ ███████ █████ ███ ██████
Unsupported. The stimulus gives no information about Robin’s capacity to learn the moral difference between right and wrong.