Self-study
Ethicist: Support The penalties for drunk driving are far more severe when the drunk driver accidentally injures people than when no one is injured. █████ ██████████████ ███ ██ ██████ ███████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████████ ███ ██████ ███ ███ ██ ███ ████████ ████████ ██████████ █████ ███████████████ █████████ ██ ██ ████ ██ ██ █████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ █████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████████ ██ █████████ ████ █████ ███████████████
Summarize Argument
Legal responsibility is different than moral responsibility. Why? Moral responsibility depends only on intentions, not outcomes. However, legal responsibility depends on factors other than intentions in some cases. For example, legal drunk driving penalties are stronger when there are worse outcomes.
Identify Argument Part
This is a premise. It is an example that shows that legal responsibility can be outcome dependent, which shows legal responsibility can depend on factors other than intentions, which proves legal responsibility is different from moral responsibility.
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This answer choice is too strong. It shows that legal responsibility can be based on unintended features, but not “solely.”
b
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This illustrates an aspect of legal responsibility that is different from moral responsibility.
c
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This claim only shows legal responsibility for drunk driving. We don’t know about moral responsibility.
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This shows that outcomes play a role in some legal cases, which is a factor other than the agent’s responsibility.
e
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That particular claim receives no support. This part of the stimulus supports a claim about legal responsibility.