32 LR Two Question 10
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I was between A and C, but went with A because the passage says "kind of life they WOULD want for themselves and their children. Is this analyzing too much?
In order for (A) to be the answer, we'd need support for it within the passage. This passage does not tell us that anybody wants "better than a good life" (whatever that might mean).
It's helpful to remember the language cues we've discusseed for Inference questions!
I have two questions:
1. Do you think answer choice B is meant to be read as follows: "A person who fits the ideals of one moral theory in the Western tradition would not necessarily fit the ideals of another... (theory in the Western tradition, namely ‘every moral theory developed in the Western tradition’)"? Or as follows: "A person who fits the ideals of one moral theory in the Western tradition would not necessarily fit the ideals of another… (general person, namely ‘most people’)”? Or as follows: "A person who fits the ideals of one moral theory in the Western tradition would not necessarily fit the ideals of another… (insert any and all nouns here)?”
2. Do you think answer choice C presumes, without evidence, that in order to judge one as not living a good life, one must necessarily possess a conception of a good life? That is, is it possible to negate or reject a theory without necessarily having a theory one would deem supportable?
1. (B) ought properly be read as "A person who fits the ideals of one moral theory in the Western tradition would not necessarily fit the ideals of another theory in the Western tradition." The parallelism of the structure compels this reading. We compare like things, so if you say "Someone who does this must likewise do that," then this and that are teh same types of thing. Here, there's a comparison of one to another. Thus, another must refer to the same type of thing as the one. They both refer to Western moral theories.
2. We're told that most people do have a conception of a good life; it's the kind of life they want for themselves and their children. So, no, we haven't assumed it. Although in the abstract, I do think it's possible to reject one theory without accepting any particular competing theory.