QUESTION TYPE: Principle
CONCLUSION: The company can only demand Ellison cease his illegal activities; it cannot punish him.
REASONING: Though they caught him, they did so only by illegitimate means.
ANALYSIS: The principle could be articulated as: “If you catch someone doing something bad using illicit means, then you can only ask them to stop, you cannot punish them.” The correct answer will be consistent with this statement.
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- Long did not find out about Price’s thievery through illegitimate means. This is not parallel.
- Shakila’s secretary did not find out about his cable thievery illegitimately.
- Same as A and B; he was not breaking curfew on Tuesday, the day he found out.
- CORRECT. This parallels the argument. The conservation officer only found out about Kuttner’s wrongdoing by committing a wrong herself. Hence she is not justified in punishing him.
- As in A, B and C, the commission did not find out about Ramirez’s actions through illegitimate means.
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