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Some acts of altruism are not moral. The moralist provides support through conditional reasoning: behavior is only moral if it intends to follow a moral code. Humans are naturally altruistic, and if we assume that instinctive behavior is not intentional, then at least some altruistic acts cannot be moral behavior.

P1. Moral behavior → intentional moral code/reason

P2. Altruism is instinctual for humans

P3 (assumption, not stated). Instinctual behavior → no intentional moral code/reason

Therefore, not all altruism is moral behavior.

The conclusion is that some acts of altruism do not count as moral.

This is not stated in the argument. In fact, the author doesn’t provide any information about what moral codes actually say.

This is not stated in the argument. All we are told about moral behavior is that it must intentionally follow a moral code. If there are other necessary factors, we don’t know them.

This is not stated in the argument. The only requirement we know for moral behavior is that it has to be intentionally moral; we’re never told that helping others is necessary.

This is a good paraphrase of the conclusion. By taking the general rule that moral behavior must be intentional, and assuming that instinctive behavior (like altruism) isn’t intentional, the author supports the claim that some altruism isn’t moral behavior.

This is not stated in the argument. Reason may be essential to morality, but nothing is stated about its relationship with altruism.

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