The conclusion we are trying to prove demands that we start with /ROL and end with /Freedom.
(A) cannot accomplish that.
Here's why. Let's start by assuming (A) is true. We now have two premises to work with.
/Social Integrity --> /Freedom
and
/Social Integrity --> /ROL
Okay. Now, again, the conclusion demands that we start with /ROL and end with /Freedom. Let's take /ROL and try to see which of the two conditionals we can trigger.
As it turns out, we can't trigger any of the premises. /ROL is not a sufficient condition for any of them.
But (B) is different. (B) works because it satisfies the demand that we start with /ROL and end with /Freedom.
(B) states: /ROL --> /Social Integrity
The two premises we have now to work with are:
/Social Integrity --> /Freedom
and
/ROL --> /Social Integrity
The conclusion we're trying to prove starts with /ROL, so we must start there. The first part of our chain must be /ROL. Assuming /ROL, which premises can we trigger?
You'll see that we can trigger the second one, and then trigger the first one, yielding the ultimate conclusion /ROL --> /Freedom.
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@16dnholli I've been stuck on this question for a while and found something that might help you and others.
So, given:
/Social Integrity --> /Freedom
We need to prove:
/ROL --> /Freedom
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(A) would not work for the following reason:
The conclusion we are trying to prove demands that we start with /ROL and end with /Freedom.
(A) cannot accomplish that.
Here's why. Let's start by assuming (A) is true. We now have two premises to work with.
/Social Integrity --> /Freedom
and
/Social Integrity --> /ROL
Okay. Now, again, the conclusion demands that we start with /ROL and end with /Freedom. Let's take /ROL and try to see which of the two conditionals we can trigger.
As it turns out, we can't trigger any of the premises. /ROL is not a sufficient condition for any of them.
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But (B) is different. (B) works because it satisfies the demand that we start with /ROL and end with /Freedom.
(B) states: /ROL --> /Social Integrity
The two premises we have now to work with are:
/Social Integrity --> /Freedom
and
/ROL --> /Social Integrity
The conclusion we're trying to prove starts with /ROL, so we must start there. The first part of our chain must be /ROL. Assuming /ROL, which premises can we trigger?
You'll see that we can trigger the second one, and then trigger the first one, yielding the ultimate conclusion /ROL --> /Freedom.