LSAT 35, Logical Reasoning II, Q9, LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: Moralist: Humans have a natural disposition to…

QUESTION TYPE: Main Conclusion

CONCLUSION: Some acts of altruism cannot be said to be moral acts.

REASONING: We have a natural tendency to be altruistic. But only acts that are intended to fit within a moral code (i.e. they aren’t just the result of a natural tendency) can be moral.

ANALYSIS: This is a good argument, if we accept its premises. Moral behavior excludes acts that are merely based on instinctive tendencies. 

A-C talk about what moral acts require. But the stimulus didn’t say anything about this except that moral acts must be consciously designed to follow a moral code. 

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1. The argument hasn’t said what moral codes do or do not allow. 
2. The argument hasn’t said what motivates moral behavior.
3. The argument has said nothing about moral behavior, except that it must be behavior consciously intended to comply with a moral code.
4. CORRECT. Some are just instinctive, and therefore they weren’t consciously intended to fit within a moral code. 
5. Actually, the argument says that altruism is often based on a natural tendency: the opposite of reason. 

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