PTB.S1.Q17 - The difference between manners and morals...

alexazysman

Hey! Can someone explain this question? Thanks!

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benjoffe6

So to start off, we can see its a Most Strongly Supported question with the first sentence serving as the premise and the 2nd sentence as the conclusion.

If you are struggling with MSS, I would suggest imagining inserting the answer choices into the stimulus and see if it makes sense (for example, for this question you would imagine adding "Therefore..." followed by an answer choice and seeing if it fits). Remember, only one correct answer receives any support, and four incorrect answers are totally unsupported somehow - throw "most strongly" out the window.

Back to the question, we can see that A is correct because it is basically saying there are cases where someone could act immorally without social effects or whatnot, and that is what the premise is saying as well - that "the latter are not necessarily social in nature". Since morality is "not necessarily social in nature", it is thus supported that immoral behavior may not cause any impact that is social in nature (harm to others).

Hope this helps!