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Must Be True. The correct answer choice is (B)
Since Robin can only distinguish legal from illegal acts and has no concept of morality, he did not recognize that the offense he committed was morally wrong. He did, however, know it was illegal.
Since this is a fact set, you need to examine which answer is best supported by the facts. Since the morally wrongful nature of the offense was established as a fact in the stimulus (“Robin did not recognize the fact that it was a morally wrong act”), answer choice (B) is correct.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect. Since Robin knew his offense was illegal, he committed an offense that was not legally permissible. This answer choice is the logical opposite of what we are looking for, yet is a commonly chosen incorrect answer by students who misread the “no offense” part as saying “an offense.”
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. See discussion above.
Answer choice (C): Whether moral ignorance is excusable in the eyes of the law is irrelevant. Since the stimulus provides no support for such a conclusion, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): Whether Robin’s childhood could have provided better moral guidance is unknown.
Answer choice (E): There is no evidence to suggest that Robin has learned to tell the moral difference between right and wrong. For what we know, Robin has no conception that such a difference exists.
Must Be True. The correct answer choice is (B)
Since Robin can only distinguish legal from illegal acts and has no concept of morality, he did not recognize that the offense he committed was morally wrong. He did, however, know it was illegal.
Since this is a fact set, you need to examine which answer is best supported by the facts. Since the morally wrongful nature of the offense was established as a fact in the stimulus (“Robin did not recognize the fact that it was a morally wrong act”), answer choice (B) is correct.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect. Since Robin knew his offense was illegal, he committed an offense that was not legally permissible. This answer choice is the logical opposite of what we are looking for, yet is a commonly chosen incorrect answer by students who misread the “no offense” part as saying “an offense.”
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. See discussion above.
Answer choice (C): Whether moral ignorance is excusable in the eyes of the law is irrelevant. Since the stimulus provides no support for such a conclusion, this answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): Whether Robin’s childhood could have provided better moral guidance is unknown.
Answer choice (E): There is no evidence to suggest that Robin has learned to tell the moral difference between right and wrong. For what we know, Robin has no conception that such a difference exists.